Wille Finance is a Swiss-based family office investing in private equity, including venture capital and buyouts, real estate and listed assets.
Codex Capital Partners is an independent sponsor providing bespoke capital solutions to UK businesses.
Norell brings together Lifestyle Gift Cards, AnyCard and Savvy, combining complementary capabilities across gift cards, stored-value and employee rewards, with operations across the UK, Europe and North America.
The DWF team included Dhruv Chhatralia BEM (corporate partner and head of Venture Capital, UK), Ko Eun Choi (corporate senior associate, UK), Adrianna Zawilska (corporate solicitor, UK), (tax partner, UK) and Alex Tolcher (tax senior associate, UK).
Dhruv Chhatralia BEM, partner and head of venture capital at DWF said: “Wille Finance has a strong track record of backing ambitious businesses and we are very pleased to have supported the team on this investment. Cross-border investments such as this require commercial, responsive advice and close collaboration between advisers and investors, and it was a real pleasure working with the Wille Finance team to bring the transaction to completion.”
Paddy Eaton, head of the London corporate team at DWF, said: “This transaction highlights the breadth of DWF’s corporate offering across private equity, venture and growth capital. Supporting international clients investing into UK businesses is a core strength of our London corporate practice.”
DWF has 84 venture capital lawyers across nine UK offices. Its UK Venture Capital practice advised on more than 44 venture and growth capital transactions in the 2026 financial year.
