Claire Thompson

Partner, Co-Head of Venture Capital (Australia)

Melbourne, Australia

Claire is Co-Head of our Australian VC practice and a tech M&A specialist.

Claire is the Co-head of Venture Capital (Australia) and an experienced M&A lawyer.

Claire specialises in venture capital and technology sector transactions, with a focus on capital raising and mergers and acquisitions. Claire has particular experience in:

acting for both Founders and investors in early-stage funding rounds, from pre-seed to Series C and beyond;
private M&A transactions, including acquisitions for growth, platform acquisitions and competitive sale processes;
complex M&A transactions, including carve-out deals; and
public M&A transactions, including takeover bids and schemes of arrangement.

Background

Claire was a winner of the M&A category in the 2016 Lawyers' Weekly "30 under 30".

Claire has a double degree Bachelor of Laws (honours) / Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne.

Claire is admitted to practice in New South Wales and Victoria.

Experience & expertise

Selected matters

Xero on its sale of Waddle to Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Dovetail Research on its Series Seed, led by Felicis Ventures and Series A, led by Accel
SafetyCulture on its Series C2, led by Insight
Finder on its Series A, led by Future Now Capital
NAB Ventures on various investments, including leading Spriggy’s Series B, Athena Home Loans, Edstart, Active Pipe, BrickX, Basiq, Medipass and Data Republic
Optal Limited on its acquisition by WEX Inc, jointly with eNett
National Australia Bank on its acquisition of Citi’s Australian consumer business