Multinational businesses are now collaborating with cutting-edge start-ups to change the shape of the industry. Automotive corporations are using captive funds focused on disrupting the marketplace. Venture capital funds and large institutional investors are also making considerable investments in the industry.
We have a strong track record in advising corporate strategic and financial venture capital investors in the automotive industry as well as emerging automotive companies throughout the complete "venture capital lifecycle."
Our regulatory expertise in this industry is second to none. Our lawyers also have been involved in nearly every major legislative and regulatory initiative involving motor vehicle safety in the past two decades, and have a comprehensive understanding of how these changes will impact corollary industries. We have supported automotive companies in this industry's largest transactions, including extensive intellectual property licensing transactions. We advise numerous clients in the automotive industry in achieving their innovation needs to support vehicle safety technologies, and have advised various automotive companies with regard to privacy-related concerns.
FlixMobility on its Series F funding round. This transaction is one of the largest equity financing rounds ever completed in Germany.
Ford Motor Company invested $500m in Rivian Automotive in April 2019 and also participated in Rivian’s $1.3bn stock offering in December 2019 along with T. Rowe Price, Black Rock and Amazon.
Jaguar Land Rover on its US$15m investment in CloudCar as a strategic partner.
Kingdom Holding Company on its investments in Careem and Lyft.
NEoT Green Mobility (NGM), a joint venture between NEoT Capital, EDF NB, CDC, Mitsubishi Corporation and Forsee Power, on its creation, development, and financing. NGM is the first investment vehicle entirely dedicated to electric mobility.
TRATON on its strategic equity investment in TuSimple, a U.S.- and China-based developer of autonomous long-haul trucks and related technology-supported freight network.
