Legal Committee

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Objectives

  • Maintaining dialogue with the relevant professional bodies so points of concern can be rapidly addressed.
  • Shaping policy and the implementation of policy to ensure it accommodates the needs of the British venture capital and private equity community.
  • Communicating with the BVCA's members on legal and technical matters which affect them, their investors and portfolio.
  • Raising the profile of the industry and its concerns with regulators, influencers and other key industry bodies.

The BVCA Governance Handbook provides directors, members and employees of the BVCA with a summary of our governance structure. This includes information on how our Council, Committees and Advisory Groups are constituted and is supplementary to the Articles of Association.

 

Activities

  • Producing technical bulletins and keeping members abreast of important legal and technical issues.
  • Responding to Government on technical consultations when they arise.
  • Maintaining dialogue with the relevant professional bodies so points of concern can be rapidly addressed.

Committee Members

 

Clare Gaskell, Chair

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

 
Alastair Brown

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

 

Benjamin Marten

Bridgepoint

 

Helen Croke

White & Case 

 

Jonny Myers 

Clifford Chance 

 

Matthew Keogh

Linklaters

 

Paul Medlicott 

Addleshaw Goddard 

Alastair Richardson, Vice Chair

3i

 

Angus Miln

Cooley 

 

Darpit Mehta

Vitruvian Partners

 

Helena Drury

Advent International

 

Kasit Rochanakorn

Atomico

 

Nicholas Bond  

Cinven

 

Samantha McGonigle

Hg Capital 

Ajay Pathak

Goodwin Procter

 

Ann McCarthy

BGF

 

Harris Kaufman

Ares Management 

 

Jeremy Dennison

Travers Smith

 

Matthew Dickman

Debevoise & Plimpton

 

Nick Reid 

Carlyle 

 

Simon Staveley-Smith

LDC

 

Consultants to the Committee

 

Faye Jarvis

Macfarlanes

 

 
Veronica Roberts

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

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The BVCA to change its name to UK Private Capital

Following consultation with members and approval at the association’s AGM, from 27 January the BVCA will be adopting a new name: UK Private Capital. 

Read more about the rationale for the change, and what it means in practice, below. 

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