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William Samengo-Turner
Biography
Will is Technology Sector Lead and advises founders, boards and investors on global tech M&A and growth investments, with a particular focus on high-growth and disruptive technologies and complex cross-border transactions spanning EMEA and the United States.
Recognised as a Leading Partner by Legal 500, Will splits his time between London and Silicon Valley. His experience covers transactions across all stages of growth - from seed-stage investments to major acquisitions and disposals by multinational listed companies - and he is known for delivering practical commercial advice on fast-moving frequently transatlantic deals.
Practice areas
- Corporate and M&A
- Emerging growth
- M and A JVs and corporate reorganizations
- Public company advisory and corporate governance
Sectors
- Technology
- Private capital
- Sports
- Consumer and retail
Selected experience
- A public petroleum and natural gas company on a wider array of tech investments globally, including in OQT, Prophesee, Mighty Buidings, Pasqal, YNMO, Democrance, Tendrd, Inductosencse, OXCCU, Spidersilk, Intalla and Red Sea Farms
- An investment fund on a series of investments in e-sports, including Formula E, Extreme E and E1 Powerboat Racing.
- Etsy on its $1.7bn acquisition of Depop.
- Revolut on a range of corporate and commercial matters.
- Helios Investment Partners on a listing of CAB Payments and investment in Indian fintech M2P.
- US unicorn TravelPerk on its acquisition of European fintech Yokoy.
- The founders of DeepMind on its sale to Google.
- PayPal on numerous transactions, including its investments in Tink, Tabby, RobinAI, Zong, Monese, Finanzguru, PayMob, Oyster and Finmo.
- Binance on strategic M&A.
- PAG on its acquisition of NashTech.
Education
- MA (Oxon), Modern History, University of Oxford, 2005
- Graduate Diploma in Law, Oxford Brookes University, 2006
- Legal Practice Course, College of Law Moorgate, 2007
Admissions
- Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 2009