Helen Parsonage
Partner, UK
Helen is a Partner in Osborne Clarke’s Financial Institutions Group. She specialises in fund formation in the alternative asset space, with experience of multiple asset classes but with a particular focus on private equity and venture capital funds.
Helen also advises on formation and regulatory issues for asset management businesses, and acts for a variety of investors with regard to fund investments and segregated mandates. She has over 14 years of experience advising clients in the asset management sector.
Her clients include Notion Capital, ProFounders, Passion Capital, Illuminate Financial Management and TIME Investments. On the investor side she acts for several large UK pension schemes, both public and private.
Helen is recognised in Legal 500 as one of the next generation of private funds lawyers.
Helen qualified at Clifford Chance in 2003 and joined Osborne Clarke in 2008.
Insights
Corporate
VC Focus | Why VCs and companies use convertible loan notes and bridging rounds in the UK
Bridging finance is often used in venture capital finance with a variety of options available.
09/01/2023
Corporate
VC Focus | UK term sheets explained for founders: leaver provisions and founders' interests
In this second Insight on term sheets, we explain some additional technical terms, including founder vesting, anti-dilution ratchets, and “drag...
09/01/2023
Corporate
VC Focus | UK term sheets explained for founders: understanding the jargon
While not legally binding, term sheets reflect the agreed position on material commercial points in a VC investment, and need...
09/01/2023
Corporate
VC Focus | Top 10 tips for companies on how best to prepare for VC investment
Businesses may encounter a number of issues when preparing for a venture capital fundraising – but careful planning can make...
09/01/2023
Corporate
VC Focus | How companies can successfully navigate the VC investment process
Securing investment from VCs can be disruptive and slow – but there are things that can be done to ease...
09/01/2023
Financial Services
VC Focus | Is there a 'market standard' distribution waterfall for international VC funds?
There are a range of alternatives to the distribution waterfall model available for venture capital firms
19/12/2022
Read time
9m
Financial Services
VC Focus | Warranties and indemnities: the importance of being 'exit ready' in international venture capital transactions
How can VC funds manage the growing trend in cross-border M&A markets for buyers to ask for problematic exit terms?
21/11/2022
Financial Services
VC Focus | 10 digital token 'must knows' for international venture capital
What should VCs know about investing in tokens and what could safeguard the ability to invest in them in the...
08/11/2022
Read time
9m
Financial Services
Fund managers may urgently need to register express trusts with HMRC
The deadline to sign up is imminent, with exclusions unlikely to apply for trusts set up by Limited Partnership Agreements
23/08/2022
Financial Services
Financial Conduct Authority identifies supervisory priorities for alternatives
Actions speak louder than words and the UK regulator wants firms to embed a culture to promote the initiatives
15/08/2022
Corporate
Funds Focus Q4 2021
Welcome to the latest edition of Funds Focus. This year, the drive towards green finance and sustainable investing continues apace...
02/12/2021
Financial Services
The UK Long-Term Asset Fund has arrived
The authorised fund vehicle aims to ease access for institutional and other investors to illiquid asset classes, such as private...
01/12/2021
