Band 3
Provided by John Finnemore
John Finnemore is a partner in the CMS Corporate Team. He is a specialist venture capital, private equity and mergers and acquisitions lawyer. He has a particular focus on advising clients in the tech sector and taking those clients through all funding rounds to eventual exit.
John trained with a US firm and has worked for international law firms throughout his career. He has substantial experience in venture capital matters and is ranked in both the Chambers and Legal 500 guides for this work in that space.
Lyst Ltd, a fashion and e-commerce business on all funding rounds from Seed to Series E.
Conversocial Limited, a website analytics business, on all funding rounds and its exit.
Photospire Limited, a video and photo editing platform, on all funding rounds and its exit.
Creative Benefit Solutions Limited, a pensions tech platform on all funding rounds and its exit.
GoCardless Ltd, a leading payments business, on all funding rounds from Seed to Series F.
A family office on all UK investment rounds undertaken by the family.
Incident.io on all funding rounds to date.
Advice on the sale of a software business providing SAAS to sports teams.
Acting for companies on over 1,000 angel, Seed and Series A funding rounds in the past 15 years.
English
College of Law, Birmingham
LPC
2003
University of Warwick, Coventry
LL.B (Hons)
2002
Provided by Chambers
Provided by Chambers
John is excellent: amongst the best lawyers I have worked with.
John is a pretty active practitioner who continues to be active in market and work on venture deals.
John is deeply knowledgeable about corporate structuring and can offer solutions to complex problems.
John is excellent: amongst the best lawyers I have worked with.
John is a pretty active practitioner who continues to be active in market and work on venture deals.
John is deeply knowledgeable about corporate structuring and can offer solutions to complex problems.
