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

 

Victoria Sigeti, Chair

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

 

Ann McCarthy

BGF

 

Chris Bulger

Vitruvian Partners

 

Geoff Kittredge

Debevoise & Plimpton

 

Jeremy Dennison

Livingbridge

 

Matt O'Toole

CVC

 

Nick Reid

The Carlyle Group

Alastair Richardson, Vice Chair

3i

 

Babett Carrier

Cinven

 

Clare Gaskell

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

 

Harris Kaufman

Ares Management

 

Jonny Myers

Clifford Chance

 

Matthew Keogh

Linklaters

 

Simon Staveley-Smith

LDC

Angus Miln

TaylorWessing

 

Ben Marten

Bridgepoint

 

Ed Hall

Goodwin

 

Helen Croke

Ropes & Gray

 

Kasit Rochanakorn

Atomico

 

Mike Hinchliffe

Addleshaw Goddard

 


Consultants to the Committee

 

Antonio Laino

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

 

Veronica Roberts

Herbert Smith Freehills

Faye Jarvis

Macfarlanes

Neil Black

Pinsent Masons

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