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John Finnemore
Partner

John Finnemore

London, United Kingdom
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  • English
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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.

Awards & Recognitions
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    John is ranked in Chambers and Partners for "Private Equity – Venture Capital" and is described as "excellent"

Relevant experience

  • 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.

Education

  • 2003 – LPC, College of Law, Birmingham
  • 2002 – LL.B (Hons), University of Warwick, Coventry
Practice Areas
Corporate Venture Capital
sectors
Private Equity TMT - Technology, Media & Telecommunications Digital Assets & Crypto

Insights by John

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Legal Update United Kingdom

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023: Identity Verification Becomes Mandatory From 18 November 2025

08 Aug 2025 7 min read
News United Kingdom

CMS advises Lyst on acquisition by ZOZO

25 Apr 2025 2 min read
Legal Update United Kingdom

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023: Launch of the Identity Verification Regime

02 Apr 2025 11 min read
Legal Update United Kingdom

Government consultation on regulation of cryptoassets deals with issuance and disclosures of cryptoassets within the UK

13 Mar 2023 9 min read
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