Spencer Collins
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Arm

Spencer is Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at Arm and leads each of the global legal, compliance, company secretary, government affairs and corporate development teams. Spencer has more than 20 years of industry experience and has served as lead counsel on many of the highest-profile M&A and investment transactions in the technology sector.

Before joining Arm, Spencer was Managing Partner and General Counsel at the world's largest technology-focused investment fund, SoftBank Vision Fund. Spencer has also served as a partner in the investment team at SoftBank Vision Fund. Prior to SoftBank, Spencer practiced as a technology-focused M&A and investment lawyer in the London offices of White & Case and Allen & Overy (A&O). He also spent time on secondment from A&O to Fenwick & West in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Spencer was named General Counsel of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2023 and the British Legal Awards 2023. In 2024, Spencer was named by the Financial Times in its annual list as one of the world’s top 15 in-house legal leaders and the Arm legal team was named In-House Legal Team of the Year (Large Team) at the British Legal Awards 2024.