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White & Black Legal LLP is a specialist corporate and technology law firm. Since 2009 the firm has been independently ranked by Chambers as one of the top 20 UK law firms for its work in technology and venture capital transactions. As it specialises in advising companies on technology and venture capital law, many of the firm’s clients come from the venture capital and high-tech sectors. Venture capital/private equity and corporate transactions represent the largest area of the firm’s business. White & Black Legal is a niche practice staffed by lawyers who, at both partner and associate level, have worked at leading international law firms and institutions. They are experienced in transactions spanning Europe, US, Japan, China, Hong Kong, India and the Middle East. More than 40% of the firm’s work is for international clients, particularly those in the US, Japan and France. The majority of its work involves an international dimension – reflecting the international credentials and interpersonal skills of team members. Many have lived and worked in US, Germany, Hong Kong and Japan, and are fluent in various languages including German, Japanese and Czech. The firm’s managing partner is Phil Riman, former legal counsel at leading venture capital fund 3i with experience of over 200 technology-focused transactions spanning the UK, US, continental Europe and Asia. John Crabtree, OBE, former senior partner of Wragge & Co and Legal Business ‘Lawyer of
the Year’, provides strategic guidance to the White & Black partnership in his role as the firm’s chairman. In the last twelve months White & Black Legal has advised in relation to deals in e-commerce, online retailing, web-based analytics and social media software, business software and systems, application software, computer peripherals, electronics, healthcare information services, and Nano coatings. Other clients of the firm include: entrepreneurs, high growth companies, high-tech corporations and discerning clients requiring specialist technology law advice. In November, 2012, White and Black Legal advised on a major e-commerce investment by private equity investors, Scottish Equity Partners and Highland Capital, into Matches Fashion, a UK-based retailer of luxury fashion brands. Mr Riman commented: “This deal enabled us to draw on our deep well of expertise in technology and investment work - much of it gleaned from working with other major e-commerce retailers, such as Sarenza and Photobox.” In February, 2011, White and Black Legal advised the venture capital investors in Netvibes, personalised dashboard publishing platform, on the sale of their stakes to French-based product design business Dassault Systèmes. Mr Riman said: “We worked closely with the investing funds, with Orsay Avocats, to ensure a successful divestment. The deal enabled us to demonstrate again our ability to advise clients of the highest sophistication on highly complex transactions across multiple time zones.”
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