Victoria Birch
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
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Biography
Victoria Birch is a corporate finance lawyer based in London.
She has advised on a variety of international and domestic corporate finance transactions, including private and public M&A, joint ventures, private equity investments, restructurings and general corporate and commercial matters.
Victoria is global co-head of our CVC/Strategic Investments team. She was instrumental in the development of our innovative “Strategic Investments” product advising the corporate venture arms of our leading corporate clients entering the venture capital space and is the exclusive adviser to a number of them on these matters. The Strategic Investments product was recently named the “Standout” in the ‘Overcoming Barriers to Investment and Financing’ category of the Financial Times Innovative Lawyer Awards (Europe) 2022.
Victoria is co-head of the payments practice and a member of our global FinTech group, and is a regular speaker on artificial intelligence, distributed ledgers, blockchain technology, smart contracts, IOT and technology more broadly.
Victoria is also co-PMI lead in London for post-merger integration and restructuring mandates. She spent six months on secondment to HSBC's global restructuring team.
She joined the firm in 2010, having previously worked at a London magic circle firm and a US law firm.
Professional experience
Collapse all- Solicitor, qualified in England & Wales
- Smart Contracts: coding the fine print
- An ethical framework for the AI age, The Banker
- AI poses new ethics issues for companies, Bloomberg Law
- Blockchain technology: application in life sciences and healthcare sectors, PLC
- Technology and innovation joint ventures in a distressed environment | Inside Tech Law | Global law firm | Norton Rose Fulbright
- Technology Joint Ventures - Partnering for the Future | Inside Tech Law | Global law firm | Norton Rose Fulbright
- Sustainability and impact: The role of technology | Inside Tech Law | Global law firm | Norton Rose Fulbright
- Climate Tech VC Insight | United Kingdom | Global law firm | Norton Rose Fulbright
- Remodelling the Model Documents | United Kingdom | Global law firm | Norton Rose Fulbright
- Venturing forwards: CVC and strategic minority investments in 2023 and 2024 | Global law firm | Norton Rose Fulbright
Insights
Venturing forwards: CVC and strategic minority investments in 2023 and 2024
Publication | February 01, 2024
Remodelling the Model Documents
Publication | February 24, 2023
Climate Tech VC Insight
Publication | February 07, 2023