We had a great experience working with Simon Davies at Accelerate Law. Simon understood the commercial aspects unique to VC deals. He was proactive and responsive and took a pragmatic approach when flagging legal risks and negotiating deal points. Overall the process was easy and cost-effective.

Matt Peplow

Partner, LocalGlobe

In our business, we move decisively and we take smart risks, and we need our legal partners to emulate that. Simon knows how to thoughtfully balance risk and opportunity so that we can drive revenue with strong agreements with impactful legal wording. It’s fantastic how he can focus on the points that really matter in a contract to keep a deal moving forwards without getting stuck in legal markups which slow things down. Accelerate Law's team really understands our needs and goals as a growing business. As part of our legal team, we really value having a fractional law partner in the UK that gives us flexibility, experience and peace of mind. Accelerate Law is business savvy and fit the puzzle perfectly for Eventbrite. Simon is a gem and Accelerate Law is a key partner for our success in the UK!

Kelly Donley Desseyn

Director, Associate General Counsel, Eventbrite

I am pleased to work with Simon Davies and his team as my UK corporate lawyers. As a serial entrepreneur and lawyer myself, I value speed, precision and a pragmatic approach to transactions and I consistently receive this with Accelerate Law to a very high standard. They adapt to my personal goals and priorities quickly - this enables us to collaborate well and close deals efficiently with confidence. I am happy to recommend Simon and Accelerate Law to fellow founders and business people seeking valuable alternatives to city law firms.

Dr. Aron D'Souza

Founder, Enhanced Games

Accelerate Law has been a brilliant partner since incorporation through multiple legal challenges and processes throughout our startup journey. We have successfully referred almost everything legal to them - fundraising, share options, client contracts, employment, advisors - it has been consistently very efficient and fast. The closest thing to having general counsel that a startup would otherwise never be able to afford!

Anders Krohn

Co-founder, Momentum

You get a dedicated personal service with Accelerate Law, that provides valuable end-to-end support for all legal hurdles startups face, with everything from supplier and customer contracts, to S/EIS fundraising schemes and everything in between. After working with them over several areas of the business, we continue to be confident in the advice we receive to continue our international growth. I would certainly recommend Accelerate Law where you require a more tailored solution to your startup legal requirements.

Chris Hughes

Founder, Wilfred’s Drinks

The Accelerate Law team have been BYP’s trusted advisors from the very start. From advising us on our commercial partnerships stuctures, to completing our freelance and employment agreements, to running our successful seed funding round, we get quality, attention, value for money and the guidance we need to keep growing at pace. Highly recommend.

Kike Oniwinde

Founder and CEO, BYP Network

As an early stage investor and incubator, we need entrepreneurial, solutions-focused legal providers who have a deep startup understanding and help us grow our investment business. Accelerate Law give us this in a highly flexible, efficient and approachable way.

Patrick Wills

Managing Partner, EarlyMarket

Accelerate Law gave us the agile, startup style legal support that helped us level up our operations as we moved from ‘startup’ to ‘scaleup’ and targeted an exit. With more and more commercial deals, shareholders to manage, and a growing team to incentivise, Accelerate Law’s flexible in-house model worked perfectly for Arthur Online. When we were being acquired by a large multinational, Simon and the team’s advice and guidance was crucial throughout the M&A process. Right from the due diligence phase, throughout negotiating deal terms and documents to completion, the team worked intensively with us to get the deal done before the new year. A great experience and we’ll see you on our next venture!

Rochelle Trup

Co-Founder, Arthur Online (exited to Aareon AG)

We wanted access to reliable and high-quality legal services that didn’t cost the eye-watering fees of London law firms. Initially, we were looking for help with a shareholder agreement to complete our first angel funding round but Accelerate has since also helped with employment contracts, website terms and partnership agreements. Thanks in part to Accelerate Law’s work, we have been able to raise investment multiple times and grown from a tiny startup to an international team of nearly 40 people. Accelerate has an ability to not over-complicate legal work. Their advice is always very pragmatic and aims to get to a simple solution without using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. I would definitely recommend Accelerate Law: it’s very easy to deal with from a process and comms perspective, legal work is always high quality and drafted in an easy-to-understand way (not over-legalled), price is always very competitive and means startups have more ready access to legal services.

Sam Hussain

Founder and CEO, Log My Care

As a fast moving start up we often need legal advice that quicker (and less expensively) than our large corporate competitors. Accelerate has been incredibly helpful in this regard as our go to partner. We have found them useful in helping us overcome obstacles, giving us great strategic advice that is always solution focused understanding our budget and time constraint.

Brett Wigdortz

Co-founder and CEO, tiney

Simon and his team seem to genuinely enjoy helping my business thrive. His Linklaters training is apparent in everything he does – he has been fierce in my negotiations, innovative in my problem-solving and most of all, has been incredibly compassionate and reassuring through key moments in my business development.

Gian Power

Founder and CEO, TLC

We were lucky to be introduced to Accelerate Law as we were initially looking for support in setting up our EMI scheme after completing an angel round. We were looking for a flexible yet best in class service we could eventually ask more from as we were preparing our next VC round. As we entered the legals and negotiations with our lead VC investors, the Accelerate Law team have over delivered in terms of the quality of the advice and service, leading us to a very practical and positive outcome, having moved the needle towards a more founder friendly deal. Working with Accelerated Law is great as we can rely on a world class service, an in-house feel with the flexibility of hiring the experts as and when needed. Highly recommended!

Guillaume Black

Co-founder & CEO, Property Filter

We now have a trusted partner to turn to whenever we need legal advice and assistance. Accelerate Law supported us with all the documentation for our fundraise, EMI options set up, and all associated support. The rapid and comprehensive communications with the legal team throughout the whole process exceeded our expectations. I definitely recommend Accelerate Law, they offer a great service that is also affordable and accessible for startups.

Mingqiao Zhao

Co-founder, Cauli

Accessible legal advice is critical in the early stages of any business and can be particularly challenging for start-ups. The Accelerate Law team has always provided us with a timely, tailored and efficient legal support for our business throughout our growth journey, and the team is a pleasure to work with!

Jen Keane

Co-founder and CEO, Modern Synthesis

When I set up Slip, the legal landscape was confusing and all online templates felt too basic and not protective enough. Accelerate Law helped us build a suite of tailored contract templates for our business (SaaS agreement, contracts, advisor agreements and partner agreements) that we can reuse for new clients, saving us time and money. We were then able to secure an enterprise level contract and valuable partnerships. The speed of work delivered by the Accelerate Law team has led me to quickly service my clients and surpass their expectations. I would definitely recommend Accelerate Law, as the team is always available to support (and if busy, realistic with time frames) and they actually explain what's going on!

Tash Grossman

Founder and CEO, Slip

We initially needed legal advice for our first funding round in 2019 and have since worked repeatedly with the Accelerate Law team across our follow-on funding, EMI Scheme, various shareholder matters and commercial contracts. The team, led by Simon, has enabled us to continue to grow with trusted legal support so we could focus on what we do best! Our expectations have been exceeded throughout. We particularly recommend Simon and co for the friendly, cost-effective and comprehensive advice with fast turnaround.

Claudia Arnold

COO, Jelly Drops