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Biography

Alastair heads Shoosmiths' International Committee, responsible for international strategy, relationships and targeting. He is a corporate partner who founded Shoosmiths’ market leading venture capital practice group, and is recognized for his M&A and venture capital expertise by both Chambers and Legal 500. Shoosmiths corporate team is the most active for venture fundings and M&A in the UK and one of the most active throughout Europe. https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastair-peet-198ba815/?originalSubdomain=uk Alastair advises on cross-border M&A and venture and growth capital, both for institutions and companies/founders, across multiple funding rounds and ultimately exit. He is passionate about helping clients with both day-to-day and strategic issues. His practice is cross-border and he regularly assists non-UK investors and corporates on their investments and acquisitions in the UK and for UK clients on overseas projects. Key clients include Octopus Ventures, Triple Point, Gresham House, Aramark, Global Critical Logistics, Create Music Group, AI companies Speechmatics and FacultyAI, and numerous scaling companies, typically technology enabled. Alastair and the team have market leading expertise in advising on investments involving UK Venture Capital Trust (VCT) and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) tax complexities.