Ink LLP advises international companies and leaders on venture capital, mergers & acquisitions (M&A), and complex commercial transaction matters.

We are trusted as deal counsel for major transactions and serve as ongoing corporate counsel to hundreds of companies throughout their lifecycle.

Venture Capital & Growth Financing 

We represent scaling companies on venture financings from seed through late-stage rounds.

Work Includes:

• Series A–D equity financings

• Convertible financings, debt financings and mezzanine financings 

• Cross-border and strategic investor negotiations

• Secondary sales and liquidity events

• Ongoing securities and governance compliance

• Private equity and growth equity transactions

mergers & acquisitions

We advise companies, investors, executives, boards, and family offices on the full range of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, including buy-side and sell-side mandates, as well as strategic combinations.

Work Includes:

• Share and asset acquisitions and sales

• Corporate reorganizations, recapitalizations, and roll-ups

• Strategic exits and integration planning

• Continuity planning and post-closing support

COMPLEX COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS

We help companies scale through sophisticated commercial arrangements that protect value, allocate risk intelligently, and enable strategic growth growth.

Work Includes:

• Licensing, joint ventures, and strategic partnership agreements

• Technology commercialization and data-sharing agreements

• Privacy compliance and data governance frameworks

• Supply, distribution, and services agreements

• Revenue sharing agreements

STARTUPS & EMERGING COMPANIES

We work with founders building toward scale, applying the same high-caliber counsel we bring to later-stage companies and transactions.

We help founders establish, finance, scale and exit their business. Drawing on our venture capital and M&A expertise, we ensure that the companies we advise are structured to be both investable and exitable, at all times.

We offer transparent, affordable and flexible pricing options to ensure early-stage access to top tier legal support.

Work Includes:

• Corporate formation and structuring

• Founder, shareholder, and investor agreements

• Equity incentive plan design and administration

• Venture capital financing at all stages (Seed and Series) and all structures (SAFE, convertible note, equity, debt)

• Ongoing corporate and commercial counsel

REPRESENTATIVE SECTORS

Software / SaaS  ·  Fintech  ·  Healthtech & Life Sciences  ·  AI & Machine Learning  ·  E-Commerce & Consumer Technology  ·  Cleantech & Climate Technology  ·  Agtech & Foodtech  ·  Cybersecurity  ·  Mobility & Transportation  ·  VR & AR  ·  Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) and Consumer Products  ·  Franchise Systems  ·  Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Brands  ·  Manufacturing & Industrial Products

REPRESENTATIVE transactions

• Acted for founders in the sale of a software company to Apple Inc.

• Represented a buyer group in the acquisition of a national health-sector franchise system.

• Represented a hardware company in its preferred share financing at a US$47 million valuation.

• Advising a climate-technology company in its preferred share financing at a US$120 million valuation.

• Represented a wearable-technology company in a mezzanine financing, restructuring its capital stack through combined debt and equity.

• Represented a life-sciences venture in cross-border IP and licensing transactions.

• Represented a European venture capital fund as lead investor in a Preferred share financing.

• Advising as global counsel on the multinational restructuring of an internationally recognized technology service provider.

• Represented clients with negotiations on complex commercial transactions with Fortune 500 companies, including: Walmart, Amazon, Apple, Google / Alphabet, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Nike, and Visa.