DLA Piper works with fast growth companies at all stages of their lifecycle, from when they first attract seed investment to when they list on the ASX or pursue exist strategies. We also support investors into these businesses and can advise large organisations on growth or innovation strategies.

Some of our differentiators include:

• Leading firm for M&A, PE and VC deals: Globally, we were the only firm to rank among the top five most active law firms for global deal volume in each of private equity, venture capital and M&A. Also for the tenth consecutive year in 2020, we were named the highest ranked legal advisor in the world for M&A deal volume, according to Mergermarket’s league tables.
• Global reach: We are best place to advise on global legal needs and we can assist investors and businesses to execute best-practice deals. DLA Piper has more than 150 venture capital lawyers in the United States and a leading venture capital practice in Europe and Asia. We can introduce our clients to a range of international venture capital funds and corporate venture funds who are actively investing in the Asia Pacific region.
• We are a law firm built for global growth: We understand how important scaling globally is to fast growth companies and we have built our law firm in order to service the legal needs of fast growth clients everywhere that they operate. In particular, for many of our fast growth clients, our colleagues always provide a first port of call in a new jurisdiction, to make introductions and to enable for easy navigation of a foreign compliance regime. We can also make introductions to banks, repeat entrepreneurs, recruitment firms, PR firms and possible nonexecutive directors in many jurisdictions and have done so with many clients with great success.
• Our sector focus and knowledge: The firm continues to be heralded in the top position as a leading law firm, locally and globally, across the sectors and practice areas in which we operate.