Callum Ritchie
Callum Ritchie is a Corporate Solicitor at The Jonathan Lea Network, specialising in corporate and commercial law with a focus on advising tech start-ups and founders. Since qualifying in 2021, he has become a trusted advisor in all stages of the business lifecycle, from assisting with initial SEIS & EIS fundraising rounds to structuring successful exits, including management buyouts and third-party sales.
Practice Areas
Callum’s main areas of focus include:
- SEIS & EIS Fundraising Rounds
- VC Fundraising Rounds
- Employee Share Schemes (EMI, Unapproved, Growth)
- Alphabet Share Schemes
- SEIS & EIS Applications
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Management Buy Outs
- Corporate Structures
- Corporate Finance and Security
- Shareholder Agreements
Recent work
- Advising a cleantech business on multiple fundraising rounds, including a £6m Series A round, which involved handling SEIS/EIS applications, convertible loan notes, and C-suite changes.
- Guiding the founders of an e-commerce business through a successful sale to a major European group, overseeing due diligence, disclosure, re-registration from a public to a private company and advising on security for deferred payments.
- Assisting a paper packaging company on their £10m+ Series A fundraising round.
- Advising a gambling games business on the setting up of a growth share scheme.
Education
2014-2017 – University of Sussex: LLB Law (2:1)
2017-2018 – University of Law: Legal Practice Course and MSc in Law, Business and Management (Distinction)
Interests
Callum enjoys spending his free time with family and friends in Brighton as well as attending the occasional concert. Callum is an avid supporter of Liverpool FC, and is the Club Secretary and squad member for his local team, Hove FC. He is also a keen mountaineer having organised and completed the 24-Hour Three Peaks Challenge, scaled the heights of Mount Toubkal and strolled up Mount Olympus.
