Stephen Tallon
Of Counsel
Londres
Stephen works with early stage and growth companies looking to build exciting new businesses and is focused on providing innovative and pragmatic advice to his clients.
Stephen works with technology companies and the investors that back them. He is particularly interested in advising founders building exciting new businesses and is focused on providing innovative and pragmatic advice to his clients.
As part of a market-leading team at Orrick, who can provide a full stack of legal services and advice to clients in the technology sector, Stephen focuses on corporate advice, ranging from incorporation strategies through financing rounds, M&A and private equity transactions. He works closely with the rest of the team to cover share options, IP protection, commercial contracts, regulatory matters, employment issues and tax advice.
Managing transactions in an efficient and productive manner and providing clear and concise advice is at the core of Stephen's approach to work. Recognised as a “Recommended Individual” for Venture Capital in the Legal 500 UK 2024, Stephen actively engages with clients to understand the key issues and concerns in order to provide tailored advice that really adds value. Stephen is driven by being a trusted advisor to his clients, not just another service provider.
Stephen represents notable companies such as Stripe, Butternut Box, Vitesse, Graphcore, TrueLayer, Codility and LoopFX on an ongoing basis for financing and general corporate matters. He has also advised tech industry leaders such as Revolut and Scalapay.
While he has a significant company-side mandate, Stephen also advises many of the key investors in the market including Salesforce Ventures, ABN AMRO Ventures, Macquarie, BMW iVentures, Energy Impact Partners and Sony Innovation Fund on their respective investments in the UK, Ireland and across Europe.
Stephen is qualified in both England & Wales and Ireland (non-practising), having trained and qualified in a top-tier Irish law firm, and is committed to helping to build the Irish tech ecosystem.
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Fintech:
- Advised Vitesse PSP on its $93M Series C financing, led by KKR.
- Advised Scalapay on its Series A and Series B financings, amount to a total of $500M raised.
- Advised LoopFX on its £2.6M Seed financing, led by Augmentum Fintech plc.
- Advised Revolut on its $250m Series C financing.
- Acted for Stripe and Goodwater Capital on their participation in Monzo's Series D-F financings.
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence:
- Acted for Graphcore on several financing rounds, including its $225m Series D financing led by Atomico and Sofina Partners.
- Acted for Human Native AI on its £2.8M Seed financing, led by LocalGlobe and Mercuri.
Internet of Things
- Acted for smart city technology company, Connexin, on the raising of an initial commitment of up to £80m in funding from Whitehelm Capital.
Esports:
- Acted for a global eSports organisation on its $19m Series A financing.
Consumer Brands:
- Advised Salesforce Ventures on over 45 investments across Europe.
- Advised Butternut Box, the personalised dog food subscription business, on its Series A-E financings.
- Advised Piper on its investment into Bloom & Wild, the online flower delivery business.
Security & Blockchain:
- Advised Zamma (formerly VChain) Technology on its Series Seed fundraising.
AdTech:
- Acted for LoopMe on its $17m Series A fundraising led by BGF.
PropTech:
- Advised Flatfair on closing its $11 million series A fundraising led by Index Ventures.
Private Equity / M&A
- Advised Marlin Equity Partners on closing its acquisition of a minority interest in SmartCredit (t/a "SmartSearch").
