Troutman Pepper’s Private Equity and Venture Capital Practices Make Notable Leaps in Refinitiv’s Global Private Equity Legal Advisors Review Rankings
NEW YORK – Reflecting the steady expansion of its Emerging Growth and Venture Capital Practice Groups, Troutman Pepper took notable leaps in Refinitiv’s Global Private Equity Legal Advisors Review for the first half of 2021. Transactions spanned across both venture capital and leveraged buyouts and related rounds with Troutman Pepper advising in more than 30 deals, including more than one dozen funding rounds for an overall value of nearly $2 billion during the first half of 2021.
Refinitiv – Global Private Equity & Venture Capital Review First Half 2021
Venture Capital Rounds Legal Advisor to Company (Based on Round Value)
#25 (unranked last year)
Venture Capital Rounds Legal Advisor to Company (Based on Number of Rounds)
#15 (up from #53 last year)
LBO & Related Rounds Legal Advisor to Company (Based on Number of Rounds)
#18 (up from #53 last year)
All Rounds Legal Advisor to Company (Based on Number of Rounds)
#19 (up from #53 last year)
The Deal Private Equity Law Firms 2021 Q2
#39 (unranked in 2020)
PitchBook's Q2 2021 Global League Tables (Based on Number of Deals)
Most active in Great Lakes
#18 (unranked in 2020)
Most active in New England
#6 (unranked in 2020)
Most active in energy
#15 (unranked in 2020)
“We continue to attract start-up and early-stage high-growth clients who understand the added value and depth and breadth of experience we bring to the table,” said Christoper S. Miller, a partner who is one of the leaders of the firm’s Emerging Growth and Venture Capital Practice Groups. “Our Startup and Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Development (SEED) Program now caters to more than 220 active clients. The uptick in the league tables during the first two quarters of 2021 reflects our strong momentum and success of our 2020 merger.”
According to Bruce K. Fenton, partner and co-chair of the Private Equity Practice Group, “We continue to see our private equity clients actively investing in the marketplace even as the uncertainty caused by the pandemic continues. The market remains very hot and is very competitive.”
Troutman Pepper’s SEED Program combines the resources of an experienced, multidisciplinary team into an affordable package for startups, early-stage, and fast-growing companies. Clients in industries spanning software, hardware and other high-technology, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, financial technology, healthcare, consumer products, food and beverage, media and telecommunications products and services, and many others, receive legal counsel, mentoring, relationship building opportunities, and more through every stage of their life cycle.
Consistently recognized as a top-tier national practice, Troutman Pepper’s corporate attorneys regularly handle multimillion- and multibillion-dollar transactions. Core areas of service include capital markets transactions and other significant domestic and cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities laws compliance, and corporate finance. The firm has particular expertise in the private equity and private fund services space, advising clients on matters from fund formation to investments and exit transactions.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a
diverse client base, from start-ups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including construction, energy,
finance, health sciences, insurance, private equity, real estate, and technology, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.