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Iain Fox is an associate in Ropes & Gray’s corporate department, advising clients on M&A and venture capital transactions.
Iain has experience acting for corporate venture corporations, financial investors as well as start-ups on a range of issues, including acquisitions, disposals, equity investments, management incentivisation and providing general corporate law advice.
Iain trained at the firm’s London office, gaining experience in the strategic transactions, life sciences, data, privacy, and cybersecurity, and asset management teams.
Experience
Mergers and Acquisitions
- Advised a global pharmaceutical company on its acquisition of an oncology spin-out from a British university.
- Advised Ecovyst Inc. in an agreement to acquire the Calabrian sulfur dioxide and related sulfur derivatives business from INEOS Enterprises.
- Advised Partners Group on its acquisition of a majority stake in FairJourney Biologics, a leading antibody discovery contract research organisation, from GHO Capital Partners.
- Advised TPG’s The Rise Fund on its agreement with Stirling Square Capital Partners to acquire a majority investment in Outcomes First Group.
- Advised Population Health Partners on the formation of Metsera, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company accelerating the next generation of medicines for obesity and metabolic disease, on a $290 million financing, a licensing of assets from D&D Pharmatech and the acquisition of a spin-out from Imperial College London.
- Advised K2 Insurance Services on the establishment and formation of new insurance underwriting teams.
- Advised a US investment firm on the sale of its minority shareholding in an insurance company.
Venture Capital
- Advised Basecamp Research, a frontier AI lab harnessing evolution to design new medicines, in connection with:
- its investment from NVentures (NVIDIA's venture capital arm) in its pre-Series C round; and
- its $140 million Series C financing.
- Advised Pfizer on its participation in CellCentric's $220 million Series D financing.
Credentials
Disclaimer
Ropes & Gray International LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in Delaware, United States of America and is a recognised body regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (with registered number 521000).