Sunjay Malhotra

Sunjay is a Corporate Partner who advises high-growth businesses and their investors. He specialises in capital markets transactions and venture capital financings, with a particular focus on transactions in the Life Sciences and Tech sectors. Sunjay also advises university-affiliated investment vehicles on their establishment; agreements with academic institutions; private capital fundraising from institutional investors and subsequent investment of these funds into IP-rich spin-out companies.

A Life Sciences sector specialist, Sunjay regularly advises spin-out companies and other high-growth companies on funding requirements. He has also advised some of the most high-profile investors in the UK life sciences ecosystem. A particular niche is Sunjay's work in the university investment vehicle space. He is the only lawyer to have advised on the establishment and private capital fundraising on the first four such vehicles in the UK, including Oxford Sciences, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Northern Gritstone and Midlands Mindforge.

Sunjay has advised on both the buy-side and sell-side of M&A transactions in the Life Sciences sector, and is familiar with relevant issues both on 'all share' and 'asset' deals. His experience in this area ranges from major asset disposals and acquisitions for publicly-listed pharmaceutical companies to bolt-on M&A for emerging companies.

Sunjay has advised on a variety of corporate transactions, including IPOs and secondary offerings (both on AIM and the Main Market), public takeovers and private M&A, as well as advising multiple boards of their legal and regulatory obligations, alongside corporate governance compliance. He also regularly advises investment banks on equity capital markets transactions.