Phil Robinson

Phil is an experienced corporate lawyer who trained and qualified at Magic Circle law firm Linklaters. He then spent a number of years working in Linklaters’ Mainstream Corporate Department advising on a wide range of corporate and governance matters, specializing in complex, high value M&A and restructurings. In his latter time at Linklaters Phil sat with the Real Estate team helping to develop the firm’s Real Estate M&A practice.

Since joining Ignition, Phil has helped build a corporate practice focused on supporting founder led businesses and entrepreneurs more generally. Key areas of work include fund raises, founder exits and broader M&A and corporate structuring work. More recently Phil has become involved in the blockchain sector; advising a number of clients in the space on corporate structure and funding options.

Phil also presents to a number of national incubators and accelerators including:

• Innovate UK EDGE Pitchfest;
• Btomorrow Ventures (the CVC arm of BAT that also runs international venture builder initiatives); and
• Carbon13 (a climate change focused venture builder based in Cambridge).

Recent examples of recent work include advising:

• on the exit of the founders of Vox to Treliant, a complex and challenging deal that spanned the UK and the US;
• a FTSE listed company on multiple strategic acquisitions;
• two blockchain start-ups on an equity raise and restructuring, including offshore structure and interaction with a possible token issue;
• a successful MedTech company on several significant fund raises and general ongoing legal matters;
• a fast growing internationally backed EdTech company on a significant fund raise and ongoing legal matters;
• several non-UK based VCs on investments into UK start-ups;
• on a founder exit in the digital capability space to an AIM listed company; and
• a social impact fund on an equity raise and investor terms.