With the ‘excellent’ David Strong at the helm, Marriott Harrison LLP heavily specialises in follow-on and seed investment rounds, especially in the manufacturing, software, and travel fields. The firm is especially knowledgeable in handing all stages of funding rounds, displaying considerable cross-border capabilities. The team’s corporate expertise is broad, extending to multi-jurisdictional venture debt financings, secondaries transactions and acquisitions. Strong has close relations with fast-growth tech companies and major investors, routinely advising on equity financings and M&A transactions. Frances Spooner demonstrates experience acting for angel investors, David Bettis provides strategic investment counsel, whilst Graham Halliday is an investment round specialist. Bradley Heath exhibits ’top-class professionalism’ in capital fundraises, and both Kimberley Lam’s Descamps and Sean Kelly are also cited as integral team members.
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Testimonials
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‘We found their approachability and knowledge of best practice, benchmarks and industry norms, from both the startups and the VC perspective to be invaluable; it has prevented us from making uninformed decisions about the ownership and control of our business.'
‘The team was extremely responsive throughout our Seed fundraising process. David Strong, in particular, is very approachable and makes clients feel very comfortable. They are very easy to work with and pleasant on every call.’
‘Partner led, which is very helpful.’
‘David Strong is excellent.’
'Marriott Harrison continues to punch above its weight with very relevant experience in venture capital with a strong client base. The bench of partners and associates is growing nicely.'
‘The quality of service from Marriott Harrison is absolutely top class. This is based on communication, professionalism and teamwork. There is never any sense that anything could ever be "dropped". At all times the quality of the individuals and the way they work as a team is excellent.’
‘Bradley Heath and David Strong understand the market extremely well and their commitment to client service is unsurpassed. It's their consistently top-class professionalism, communication and management of their team that make them stand out.’
'David Strong is their stand-out partner - very capable, calm, knowledgeable, responsive and a pleasure to work with.'
'The MH team, David Strong in particular, is very approachable and makes clients feel very comfortable with any kinds of questions or expressing needs, which again is helpful.'
'David Strong and Bradley Heath are noted as being knowledgeable, approachable and efficient on transactions.'
Key clients
- Accel
- Balderton
- Beringea
- Heartcore
- iCOMAT
- Space Forge
- Oxford Science Enterprises
- Singular
- Cloudsmith
- Kindred Capital
- Redalpine
- Ravio
- Expedition Growth Capital
- Gresham House Ventures
- Northzone
- Fnatic
- SteelEye
- Creandum
Work highlights
Advised Oxford Sciences Enterprises on its investment into Beacon Therapeutics, which raised $170m for its Series B round.
Advised Singular and Redalpine on a co-investment into London-based biotech Basecamp Research, which raised $60m for its Series B round.
Advised Redapline on its follow-on investment in 9fin, which raised $50 million for its Series B round.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
David Strong
Other key lawyers
Frances Spooner; David Bettis; Graham Halliday; Bradley Heath; Kimberley Lam’s Descamps; Sean Kelly