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Investor Directors: Is it worth the hassle?

Benjamin Simon of Bird & Bird cautions that while board appointment rights in UK venture deals offer investors access and oversight, serving as an investor director brings fiduciary duties and personal liability under the Companies Act 2006 and Insolvency Act 1986, making a non-voting observer seat a safer and often equally effective alternative.