Neil Foster

Partner, Brown Rudnick

Neil Foster is a partner in Brown Rudnick's International Corporate Practice Group. He serves as co-chair of the Global Technology group, co-chair of the Global Energy Transition group, and is a lead partner in the Emerging Growth Companies & Venture Capital group. His practice includes mergers & acquisitions, venture capital & private equity, and corporate finance. His principal sector experience is in the areas of technology and telecommunications, media and entertainment, life sciences, cleantech and energy technology. Neil has 25 years of experience advising on complex transactions and he represents many large U.S., Middle Eastern, South African, and Asian corporations on their U.K. and European deals. Neil has been ranked in Chambers for Corporate/M&A every year since 2010 and has been praised for his "precision, commercially dexterous advice and cross-border knowledge." The Legal 500 named Neil a “Leading Individual” for Venture Capital, and a “Recommended Lawyer” for M&A: Smaller Deals, TMT (technology, media and telecoms) and Equity Capital Markets. Clients have made the following comments in the recent guides: “Neil Foster is a credit to his profession.” “An excellent and strong leader of his team.” “They understand that for a growing start-up that legal costs can be expensive, and are always looking for ways to work together and minimise costs to help us grow and create a profitable future for all of us.” “A hard act to follow in mid-market technology M&A.”