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Private Equity: Buyouts: Up to £500 million - UK-wide

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What the Team is Known For

CMS is particularly strong on transactions involving clients from the energy, healthcare and TMT sectors. It maintains a strong international footprint and is considered the first port of call for many on Central and Eastern European deals. The group is regularly engaged for its strength in venture capital and growth investment work, where it acts for a number of specialist investors and start-ups operating in IP-intensive industries, including life sciences and technology.

Work Highlights

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  • CMS represented Phoenix Equity Partners in its acquisition of and investment in 4most, a provider of risk analytics and modelling products.

  • CMS's venture capital group represented Beckley Psytech on its USD50 million Series C fundraising round, led by Atai Life Sciences.

Strengths

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The team is highly skilled in their ability to manage the resolutions of multiple complex issues across a transaction and keep it all moving forward on a timely basis.

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CMS is able to bring together expertise in numerous different areas to creatively solve the challenges we face.

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All members of the CMS team are excellent and they provide prompt and thorough responses.

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Notable Practitioners

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John Finnemore
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John Finnemore
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Band 3

John Finnemore is an experienced venture capital specialist who is active on behalf of investors and emerging companies. His expertise ranges from seed and early-stage fundraisings to M&A and other exit transactions.

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.

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Tom Jameson
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Tom Jameson
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Band 4

Tom is a well-regarded corporate partner with notable experience in the technology space. He is recognised for his expertise on venture capital matters and is able to advise on growth capital, venture capital and private equity investments.

Tom is responsive and commercial.

Tom has a lovely manner. He's excellent on corporate matters, gives clear advice and is always available.

Tom has great knowledge and experience with venture capital transactions and corporate questions. He is very responsive, on the point and very friendly. We all like working with him a lot.

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John Finnemore
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John Finnemore
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Tom Jameson
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Tom Jameson
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