Legal Committee

Objectives

  • Maintaining dialogue with the relevant professional bodies so that points of concern can be rapidly addressed
  • Shaping policy and the implementation of policy to ensure that it accommodates the needs of the British venture capital and private equity community
  • Communicating with BVCA members on accounting, reporting and governance matters which affect them, their investors and portfolio
  • Raising the profile of the industry and its concerns with regulators, influencers and other key industry bodies
     

The BVCA Governance Handbook provides directors, members and employees of the BVCA with a summary of our governance structure. This includes information on how our Council, Committees and Advisory Groups are constituted and is supplementary to the Articles of Association.

 

Activities

  • Producing technical bulletins and keeping members abreast of important accounting, reporting and governance issues
  • Responding to Government on technical consultations when they arise
  • Maintaining dialogue with the relevant professional bodies so that points of concern can be rapidly addressed

Committee Members

 

Clare Gaskell, Chair

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

 
Angus Miln

Cooley LLP 

 

Chris Bulger

Vitruvian Partners 

 

Harris Kaufman

Ares Management 

 

Jonny Myers

Clifford Chance 

 

Matthew Keogh

Linklaters

 

Nick Reid

Carlyle

Alastair Richardson, Vice Chair

3i

 

Ann McCarthy

BGF

 

Ed Hall 

Goodwin Procter

 

Helen Croke

Ropes & Gray

 

Liz Judd

Bowmark Capital

 

Matt O'Toole

 

 

Samantha McGongile

Hg Capital 

 

 

Alastair Brown

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 

 

Benjamin Martin

Bridgepoint 

 

Geoff Kittredge

Debevoise & Plimpton

 

Helena Drury

Advent International

 

Kasit Rochanakorn

Atomico

 

Nicholas Bond

Cinven

 

Simon Staveley-Smith

LDC

 


Consultants to the Committee

 

Faye Jarvis

Macfarlanes

 

 
Neil Black 

Pinsent Masons

Veronica Roberts

Herbert Smith Freehills

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