Allen & Overy
One Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD, United Kingdom
Overview
Allen & Overy is an international law firm providing legal services for global business and industry. Over the past year, the company works with some of the world’s leading businesses on transactions that have changed their industries. These include advising: HSBC globally on the project to restructure its legal and business structure to meet the post-crisis regulatory reform agenda and is the single largest project undertaken by the UK financial services industry to date; 21st Century Fox on its proposed acquisition by The Walt Disney Company; the second restructuring of Edcon Holdings Ltd and Edcon Ltd, one of the market’s most significant restructurings, which brought together experts advising on South African law, English law and New York law; and Worldpay on its merger with Vantiv, which involved lawyers from 20 A&O offices.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 8
Sector focus
- Advice
- Banking
- Consulting
- Finance
- Funding Platform
- Legal
- Professional Services
Investment portfolio
- Nivaura
Participated · Seed · Feb 2019
Nivaura provides a workflow management and process automation platform focused on primary issuance processes in capital markets, using blockchain to enable legally enforceable financial instruments. Its modular technology services automate and compliantly manage the full lifecycle for issuance and administration of debt, equity and structured products. The company targets deployment of digital investment-banking platforms for banks, exchanges and other financial institutions. Founded in London in 2016 and led by CEO Dr. Avtar Sehra, Nivaura plans to use the new capital to expand leadership, business development and technical teams to accelerate growth. It intends to enter new jurisdictions and to cover new asset classes. The company also added senior hires in conjunction with the round, strengthening legal, strategic and commercial expertise.