Edward Grenville
Head of San Francisco and London Offices, Attorney at Inspire Business Law Group
About
Edward Grenville has spent over 25 years advising companies on mergers, financings, and joint ventures. As managing shareholder, he heads the San Francisco and London offices of Inspire Business Law Group. He guides Bay Area and Silicon Valley startups through incorporation, friends-and-family, seed, Series A, later rounds, and sale. He acts for lenders and borrowers on secured revolving loans and term loans. He forms hedge, private equity, and search funds for sponsors and investors, drafting the private placement memorandum and subscriptions. He was a partner at national and international firms and West Coast corporate head of a global law firm. He then served as General Counsel of a GE Capital subsidiary that financed transportation assets in global deals. He earned his J.D. from the University of San Francisco. He counsels software, fintech, and adtech companies on transactions. He represents manufacturing, healthcare, and transportation companies in sales and financings.
Who is a good fit for Edward Grenville
- Founders taking a Bay Area or Silicon Valley startup from early financing rounds through a sale.
- Sponsors and investors who need documents for a new search fund, hedge fund, or private equity fund.
- Owners buying or selling a manufacturing, healthcare, or transportation company.
Education and admissions
- Education
- University of Oxford, England, B.A.
- University of Oxford, England, M.A. in Modern History
- University of San Francisco, J.D.
- Bar admissions
- California
Specialties
Representative matters
As described on the firm’s website.
- Represented a private equity firm in a sale of a portfolio of loans and equipment leases (seller side)
- Represented the management team in a $100 million private equity acquisition transaction ($100,000,000)
Deal profile
- Typical deal size
- Any deal size
- Remote work
- In-person / regional