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Charles Russell Speechlys advises Kreos and SVB on £20m growth capital investment to Mereo BioPharma

22 October 2018

Charles Russell Speechlys advises Kreos and SVB on refinancing of £20 million growth capital investment to Mereo BioPharma

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP advised Kreos Capital V (UK) Limited and Silicon Valley Bank on the refinancing of their £20 million growth capital investment to Mereo BioPharma Group plc (“Mereo BioPharma”), a clinical stage UK-based biopharmaceutical company listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.

Mereo BioPharma focuses on the development and commercialisation of innovative therapeutics that aim to improve outcomes for patients with rare diseases. The portfolio currently consists of four clinical-stage product candidates, each of which were acquired from large pharmaceutical companies.

The Charles Russell Speechlys core team comprised Rossana Conti (Legal Director), Amelly Kok (Associate) and Charlie Searle (Corporate Trainee) from our Corporate Team, and Daniel Sullivan (Partner) and Susan Mitchell (Senior Associate) from our Banking & Finance Team.

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