Partner

John Finnemore

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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 & Web3

Insights

Global Reach

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