Bird & Bird LLP

Our advice covers the entire spec­trum of a typi­cal invest­ment and ranges from the start-up phase to venture capi­tal finan­cing rounds, venture loans, acqui­si­ti­ons or joint ventures, all the way to the exit — be it in the context of an M&A tran­sac­tion, a secon­dary buyout or IPO. With cross-divi­sio­nal teams, we also cover the indus­try-speci­fic requi­re­ments of a tran­sac­tion from a single source, inclu­ding in the areas of data protec­tion, IP, soft­ware, regu­la­tion, tax and employ­ment law. For inves­tors and target compa­nies, we offer advan­ced advice on private equity issues such as manage­ment buy-outs and lever­a­ged buy-outs, senior and mezza­nine finan­cing as well as manage­ment parti­ci­pa­tion programs. We assist our clients in all aspects of the tran­sac­tion, from the invest­ment to the restruc­tu­ring and reor­ga­niza­tion of the company to the exit through trade sale, refi­nan­cing or IPO.