Andrew Pannell
Biography
Andrew Pannell is a partner in the Investment Management Practice Group in Haynes Boone’s London office.
His practice focuses on advising venture capital, private equity and corporate clients on venture and growth capital transactions.
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Advising GPs/Managers, institutional LPs, FOs
- GPs/Managers downstream deals/investments (equity or convertible financings) and secondary transactions.
- LP direct/indirect investments, including via co-invest SPVs (if required).
- Deal by deal SPVs (onshore or offshore) and warehoused asset structures.
- GP/Manager spin-outs/JVs.
- FO or holding company/’evergreen’ structures.
Advising Start-ups and Founders
- Fundraising rounds (equity or convertible loan/debt financings).
- Group re-organisations and structuring advice (including cross-border).
- Corporate/commercial advisory support for scaling start-ups including ‘outsourced GC solution’ (i.e., legal advisory support on day-to-day issues and curating specialists).
- Equity incentive arrangements (e.g., ESOPs, phantom options, growth shares).
- Exit options, including M&A, secondaries, and other liquidity solutions.
Some of these representations were handled by Andrew prior to joining Haynes Boone.
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- Law Society of England and Wales
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Education
- LPC, Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, 2003
- LL.B., Law, University of Exeter, 2002
Admissions
- England and Wales
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