Authors

Dylan Doran Kennett

Dylan is a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills where he co-leads its Venture and Growth Capital practice, and co-heads its Sports group.

Dylan has a wealth of experience in venture and growth equity transactions, as well as private equity, domestic and cross-border M&A. He has taken a number of high-growth companies ‘global’ advising on ‘land and expand’ strategy – through new jurisdictions, business lines or acquisitive entries into new markets.

Dylan acts on both sides of the investment dialogue, advising both company-side and investor-side (whether institutional or strategic), as well as joint ventures and other collaborative transactions. He predominantly covers the technology (and its intersection with many industries), life sciences, media and sport sectors.

He is a ranked lawyer in the Legal 500 (Venture Capital) and named a Corporate Rising Star at the 2023 LMG Life Sciences Awards.

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