Partner
Head of Climate Change
"...recommended is Nicola McConville,
who was recently made partner. Clients feel that she has a palpable
“determination to drive change and conclude deals” that is
a pleasure to witness." (Chambers UK, A Client's Guide
to the Legal Profession 2010)
Nicola specialises in corporate work of all kinds including
acquisitions and disposals of companies, and private equity
transactions.She spent a number of years in London working in
private equity advising both investors and management teams, from
initial funding rounds through to exits, including trade sales and
IPOs. Nicola was a key member of KPMG's Early Stage Advisory Board.
This entailed appraising, assessing and advising a number of early
stage technology companies, helping them with their legal and
business needs and getting them investment ready. She would then
work with them through their investor roadshows and subsequent
funding rounds. She was also the in-house counsel for KVentures,
the KPMG incubator fund which co-invested in a number of the
projects presented to the ESTA Board.
She has continued to develop this experience at Blake Lapthorn
working with many early stage technology companies including
several university spin-outs and delivering training sessions on
investment readiness for both companies and investors for ISIS
Innovations, Finance South East, SEEDA, Angels for Growth,
Venturefest and the Institute of Business Advisors.
A large part of Nicola's practice involves advising companies
active in the climate change sector from carbon offsetting to
energy management, from renewable energy to ecological and carbon
consultancy. To this end Nicola founded and is head of the Climate
Change sector group at Blake Lapthorn and also sits on the firm's
Environmental Policy Committee.
Nicola was voted "Dealmaker of the Year 2007/08" at the Thames
Valley Deal Awards by 300 fellow professionals.
