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Our multi-disciplinary national team of private equity and venture capital lawyers, provide a comprehensive range of services to support fund formation and transactions.
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How our private equity lawyers can help you
In an increasingly competitive market, we are focused on providing commercial and pragmatic advice, strong project management and proactive service delivery to ensure transactions are completed efficiently and to budget.
We advise at every stage of the lifecycle from fund formation and early-stage investment, development capital and follow-on rounds, to management and institutional buyouts. Our national reach, combined with strong local connections, helps our clients and contacts identify attractive investment opportunities, adding real value.
Our clients are diverse and include private equity and venture capital funds, including venture capital trusts, business angels, family offices, high net worth individuals, providers of acquisition finance and management teams.
Testimonials
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Superb collaboration between the teams making selling a business far more cohesive.
Legal 500, 2026 -
Who we have dealt with on the sale of our business have been exceptional they support you every step of the way, they always make themselves available to speak with you and fully support you in all areas to make sure it runs smoothly.
Legal 500, 2026 -
I have been impressed with all staff I have dealt with at Weightmans. Above all they are humans and treat other professionals and more importantly clients as individuals sharing their personal experience to guide clients through usually very tricky times.
Legal 500, 2026 -
They are extremely adept and can manage nuances around early stage finance deals. They don't just deal with the issue, they take hold of the full legal aspect when required.
Chambers & Partners 2026 -
Their strengths are their knowledge, research and attention to detail. They left absolutely no stone unturned.
Chambers & Partners 2026 -
They go above and beyond in making sure that the clients know what's going on and they retain a very good relationship with them.
Chambers & Partners 2026 -
Worked with the Corporate team at Weightmans for a long time now, and they continue to support us in all aspects of our business. They have a great ethos that is pragmatic and deal focused. What has set them apart for me is their understanding of the business as a whole, they are interested in our business and how it operates which allows them to give us far more valuable advice.’
Legal 500 2026 -
The firm really understands our business so our engagements with the team are seamless. We work with a really super team with excellent experience and different approaches.
Chambers 2025 -
The team provides great technical ability whilst importantly seeing things from a very practical and commercial viewpoint, seeking solutions rather than just highlighting risks.
Legal 500 2026 -
They take a commercial and pragmatic approach whilst having the technical knowledge expected of a high-quality law firm.Nothing was too much trouble for the Weightmans team and they made the complicated process simple and seamless.Weightmans offers transparency, constant updates and the feeling of a one-to-one service.The Weightmans team is technically excellent, easy to deal with and very responsive.They offer pragmatism and approachability, understanding the requirements and challenges at hand.
Chambers & Partners 2026 -
The team at Weightmans offers pragmatic and commercially sound advice. They ensure the deal outcome meets the objectives of all parties. It's a commercially savvy and wise team.
Chambers 2025 -
Weightmans understands how we work and has adapted to our way of working.
Chambers 2025 -
Weightmans understands the potential challenges that arise and explains them in simple terms. They offer solutions that are simple and executable and have very strong knowledge and experience.
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The Weightmans team took a pragmatic approach, focusing on the commercial risk and ensuring that the client was protected appropriately.
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Weightmans do a great job. They look after clients and always deliver. They're a proactive firm with good communication. The whole team is strong.
Chambers 2025 -
Weightmans brought a pragmatic, commercial approach supported by high technical ability.
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Weightmans has a well-resourced team. They give quick responses and are good with clients - I can't fault their client service.
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Their support and guidance through the process was excellent, including their knowledge of our business.
Chambers 2025
Why choose our private equity lawyers?
Our private equity and venture capital lawyers can support with:
- Fund establishment: We advise on the establishment, regulation and dissolution of investment funds.
- Fund structuring and constitution: we have specialist expertise in advising fund managers and limited partners on structuring and negotiating documentation for equity funds, as well as advising fund managers and limited partners on structuring and negotiating documentation for venture capital funds.
- Acquiring and selling companies: advising private equity funds on acquisitions and the legal issues that may develop during their ownership, including further acquisitions and exit events.
- Investments: advising venture capital funds on investments and the legal issues that may develop during their ownership, including further acquisitions and exit events.
- Debt finance: advising on arrangements for working capital and acquisition finance, including bilateral and syndicated loan agreements, on private equity deals, including advising on the terms offered by lending institutions, security requirements and on the inter-creditor arrangements.
- Due diligence: carrying out commercially relevant and user-friendly legal due diligence for private equity and venture capital funds and banks.
- Dissolution: winding up venture capital funds.
As a full service law firm, we are also able to provide the full range of legal services that investee companies may require through the lifetime of their private equity or venture capital investment. This includes commercial advice, including intellectual property and data protection, cybersecurity through CyXcel, employment, disputes, regulatory and real estate.
Request a callbackWe serve clients across the UK and internationally from our offices in Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle and Nottingham
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Our private equity clients
Our clients include:
LDC- advising LDC on multiple investments in fast-growing companies across a variety of sectors, including managing subsequent exit events.
BGF- advising on multiple BGF investments including Gaist, Hicomply, My Property Box, Hedgehog Labs and subsequently advising on successful exits including Arcinova, Broadband Satellite Services, Datum360 and J&B Recycling Limited.
Perwyn Advisors (UK)- advising Perwyn on its investments into fast-growing companies.
Maven Capital Partners- advising on investments made via Maven’s regional, EIS and VCT funds.
NorthStar Ventures- advising on early-stage investments made within the North East of England, including Advanced Electric Machines, Nunabio and Zerolight.
Bloc Ventures- advising on early stage, deep-tech investments within sectors such as defence, cyber security and fintech.
DSW Ventures- advising on SEIS and EIS investments, including One Utility Bill, RoxFit, 4D Biomaterials and InvenireX.
Foresight- acted for Foresight on their investment into RS Industrial Services.
Growth Partner - acted for Additional Lengths on their investment from Growth Partner
North Edge - acted for RaMarketing and Oak Engage on their investments from North Edge
River Capital North West Equity Fund- in respect of their investments in Barons Furniture and Infinium Group
We have also advised a number of private equity funds that invest in the healthcare and energy sectors and have dedicated teams that are able, in particular, to provide the due diligence support on large private equity deals.
Over the last 12 months we have advised on over 50 private equity and venture capital transactions, with a deal size ranging from £100,000 to £40 million.
What sectors we work in
Whilst we work across all sectors, we have particular strengths in the technology, life sciences, healthcare, financial services, digital marketing, transport & logistics and retail & leisure sectors.
