Alexander Smith
Managing Associate
London
Alexander advises on a broad range of corporate practice areas, with a primary focus on venture capital, growth equity and private equity transactions in the technology sector.
One Founder / CEO in the BioTech sector commended Alexander for his “persistence, professionalism, excellent attention to detail and very high level of responsiveness to questions.”
Prior to joining Orrick, Alexander trained and qualified with a boutique corporate and technology law firm and he also has notable experience in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.
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Venture Capital/ Growth Equity
- Acted for Warburg Pincus in relation to the $80m Series C financing Privitar Limited
- Acted for Dogmates Ltd on its $340m series E financing round, led by General Atlantic and L Catterton
- Acted for Foundation Capital in relation to the $60m Series A financing of BCB Group
- Acted for Centerbridge on its $50m financing of Stenn Technologies
- Acted for Kinnevik Online AB in relation to the $60m Series B financing round of Monese LTD and $35m Series C financing round of Monese LTD
- Acted for Atomico on multiple early stage investments, including the $35m Series B2 financing of Peakon APS and the $9m Series A financing of AccuRx LTD
- Acted for AllTaster Ltd on its $37m Series B financing round, led by Octopus Ventures
- Acted for Splyt Group Ltd on its $8m Series A financing round from Grab Inc and its $19.5m Series B financing led by Softbank and Amex Ventures
- Acted for Ometria Limited on its $21m Series B financing round led by Octopus Ventures
- Acted for Vostock Emerging in relation to the $21.6 m Series B financing round of Juspay
- Acted for 9fin Limited on its $23m Series A+ financing round, led by Spark
- Acted for Griffin Bank on its $13.5m Series A financing round, led by MassMutual Ventures
Mergers & Acquisitions/ Private Equity
- Acting for the sellers on the sale of a majority stake in Matchesfashion.com to Apax Partners*
- Acting for ARWE Group on its acquisition of Quality Assured Valeting LTD
- Advising Nikon Corporation on its acquisition of a UK-based manufacturer of robotic motion control solutions*
- Advising the sellers of an Ed-tech software provider on its sale to Investcorp Technology Partners*
- Acted for Marlin Equity Partners on closing its acquisition of a minority interest in SmartCredit Limited (t/a SmartSearch)
Public Markets
*Please note: these particular engagements pre-date Alexander joining Orrick
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