Bjorn Benckert
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Bjorn Benckert
Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Bjorn is a highly skilled corporate lawyer who has practisedlaw since 2004. Bjorn is a commercially astute, approachable and able to getthe most complex deals across the line in challenging circumstances. Bjorntrained at Norton Rose and then worked at Dewey &LeBoeuf before founding Avery Law in 2012 together with David Turney.Bjorn is a specialist international M&A lawyer who has worked on a widerange of large corporate M&A transactions worldwide.

 

In the UK, Bjorn has acted on a wide range of M&A transactions for founders exiting their tech businesses to investors acquiring additional portfolio companies, predominantly within the technology space but also in other areas of emerging technologies such as battery recycling and solar farms.

 

In emerging markets, with a special focus on the CIS and Africa, Bjorn has acted for both Sellers and Buyers of power stations, mining companies, bio-diesel plants, oil & gas fields and commercial real estate.

Areas of Expertise

  • International Corporate M&A
  • Energy
  • Oil & Gas
  • Finance
  • International Joint Ventures
  • Shareholders Agreements
  • Debt and Equity Fundraising