Angus Young

 
 

Angus Young

Partner, Corporate

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Angus specialises in venture capital and mergers & acquisitions, advising founders, start-ups, scale-ups, entrepreneurs and investors through the fundraising journey to exit.  He also has a broad range of corporate and commercial experience, including MBOs, joint ventures, complex commercial arrangements, business restructures and general corporate and commercial matters.

Angus has a strong technology focus but has also worked across a wide range of sectors, including life sciences, telecommunications, retail, manufacturing and energy & resources, for both domestic and international clients.

“Angus Young is a fantastic operator. Very commercial approach but also technically excellent”
— Legal 500

Angus joined Wallace in April 2023 after over 4 years at Waterfront Law, where he was the head of corporate.  Prior to that, Angus worked at Morgan Lewis (London), Linklaters (London) and Clayton Utz (Sydney). 

 

Work Highlights

Venture Capital:

  • Advising Plandek in relation to its £4.5m series A round investment by private equity firm YFM Equity Partners

  • Advising Jellyfish Pictures, a multi-award winning digital special effects and animation production company, in relation to a minority investment by private equity firm, Key Capital Partners

  • Advising Tranquiliti in relation to an investment by Tes Global Ltd a renowned international provider of digital solutions to schools

Mergers & Acquisitions:

  • Advising the founders of Lenses.io, a software solutions company which delivers an innovative DataOps portal for all streaming applications and data, on their sale to Celonis SE, a global leader in execution management

  • Advising shareholders of Anana Limited, an award-winning systems integrator, innovator and professional services company, on their sale to Horizon Capital-backed Sabio Limited

  • Advising the shareholders of a research and development company specialising in artificial intelligence, machine learning, data fusion and autonomy on their sale to FTSE 250-listed Chemring Group

  • Advising the shareholders of React News Limited on their sale to Green Street Advisors

  • Advising the shareholders of Wandsworth Group, a premium British manufacturer of electrical accessories, lighting controls, healthcare, designers, manufacturers and installers of IP Nurse Call systems, on the sale to Gira SE

 
 

Qualifications

Qualified: 2006, admitted in New South Wales, Australia; UK Registered Foreign Lawyer
Accolades: Recommended by Legal 500

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