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Jon Snade

Jon Snade
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About Jon

Jon is a partner in the national Corporate team, based in London, specialising in advising on corporate transactions for SMEs, entrepreneurs and investors. Jon has a particular focus on advising high-growth technology companies and disruptive, tech-enabled businesses, including FinTech and InsurTech clients and has received particular recognition in the Legal Directories (Legal 500 and Chambers) for his expertise in the fields of venture capital and FinTech.

Jon guides and supports high-growth businesses and their stakeholders throughout the company growth lifecycle – from start-up to exit – and advises on a broad range of UK and cross-border private company transactions, including venture capital and private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and reorganisations.

Jon is also a French speaker and an active member of the French Chamber of Great Britain.

Recent experience

Advised Agilico Bidco Limited (Agilico) on significant acquisition of managed print services specialist Capital Document Solutions Limited. Find out more.
Advised London based insurance disrupter Laka on further venture capital investment. Read more
Advised London based insurtech business Laka on significant series A round investment. Read more
Advised Agilico Bidco Limited (Agilico), a workplace technology business, on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Diamond Group (Holdings) Ltd for an undisclosed sum. Find out more
Advised Omega Crop, an agricultural modelling and remote sensing business, on its £1.2m seed round by science business builder, Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI). Find out more
Advised DMC Canotec on its Horizon Capital backed acquisition of Leemic. Find out more
Advised award winning start-up Superscript (formerly Digital Risks), the digital-first insurance broker for fast-growth technology and media businesses, on its latest $10.4m Series A funding round. Find out more
Advised the founders of InsurTech startup Laka on raising $4.7m funding to fund the next stage of its growth strategy. Find out more
Advised innovative FinTech business Hastee on all legal matters of its £8m equity funding round, as well as assisting with the corporate aspects of a new £200m credit line from Umbra. Find out more
Advised leading global commerce solutions company OSF Commerce on its acquisition of eCommerce agency Blueleaf Communications.
Advised AI startup Growth Intelligence on its £1.7m investment round led by private capital investment group 24Haymarket and supported by existing venture capital investment fund MMC Ventures. Find out more
Advised Eos Venture Partners, a strategic venture capital fund focused exclusively on the insurance sector, on its investment in London-based InsurTech startup Concirrus, as part of a £5m round alongside deeptech investor IQ Capital. Find out more
Advised the British Insurance Awards 2018 Insurance Start-Up Award winner 2018, Superscript (formerly Digital Risks), on its £2.25m investment round. Find out more
Advised accountancy firm Skeet Kaye Hopkins LLP on the sale of its business and assets to NYSE-listed Focus Financial Partners, LLC.
Advised the management team of Green Hedge Energy UK on a £30m investment from private equity firm Zouk Capital.
Advised InsurTech business Digital Fineprint on its USD2.7m funding round led by Pentech and on its subsequent USD4m funding round led by Eos Venture Partners. Find out more
Advised InsurTech business Dinghy Limited on its USD1.2m seed funding round led by Balderton Capital. Find out more

What our clients say....

Browne Jacobson have represented OSF in the UK for several years and we were once again impressed by our experience, this time with their corporate team advising on the purchase of Blueleaf. Jon and Harry proved to be an effective team, were always on hand to help and acted with confidence and professionalism through every twist and turn of the transaction, including working around time differences and managing the various parties involved in the transaction.

David Whitecotton, Legal Director of OSF

The professionalism of the team is a credit to Browne Jacobson. I look forward to working with Browne Jacobson on many funding rounds in the future, they are fantastic people to have on your side.

Ben Wilks, co-founder, Dinghy

Jon and his team were our trusted advisors during our fundraising process and were central in creating a positive outcome both for us and for our investors. I wholeheartedly recommend Browne Jacobson and am grateful for the fantastic service level we received.

Erik Abrahamsson, CEO Digital Fineprint

Really enjoyed working with Jon. He and his team were very responsive and helpful in terms of advising us on legal and commercial aspects of the investment deal we were executing. Our overall experience of working with Browne Jacobson was very positive indeed.

Clive Eley, 3C Capital

We operate in a fast moving, highly innovative sector and the confidence shown by Zouk Capital in the business through its investment will be critical in helping us to deliver our long term strategic vision. We are delighted with the support provided by Jon and his team at Browne Jacobson which has been first rate.

Adrien Lebrun, Engineering Director, Green Hedge

What the directories say...

Jon Snade is friendly and professional.

Legal 500 2022

Jon Snade is highly experienced in start-up transactions at all stages.

Legal 500 2022

Jon Snade, Partner and Harry Pearson, are our advisers of choice for anything related to corporate advice, predominantly fund raising.

Legal 500 2021

Jon Snade – exceptional and supportive. I’ve recommended him for years and choose the firm because he is there.

Legal 500 2021

Jon Snade – trusted adviser of choice for all things financing.

Legal 500 2021

London-based partner Jon Snade has been instrumental to the evolution of the 'Grow' product and has cultivated numerous clients within the insurtech space as a result of it.

Legal 500 2020

Friendly', 'cool-headed and responsive' group head Jon Snade 'knows his stuff' and is 'a go-to lawyer for serious fintech start-ups'.

Legal 500 2018

Strengthened in London by the arrival of the 'very knowledgeable and service-oriented' Jon Snade.

Legal 500 2018

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Press releases

Browne Jacobson corporate tech lawyers advise Agilico on significant acquisition of managed print services specialist

Browne Jacobson’s corporate technology dealmakers have advised Agilico, a workplace technology business, on its acquisition of Capital Document Solutions Limited for an undisclosed amount.

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Press releases

Browne Jacobson advises London based insurance disrupter Laka on further venture capital investment

Browne Jacobson’s corporate tech lawyers have advised specialist bicycle insurer Laka on an investment from Porsche Ventures (a venture capital division of Porsche AG), bringing its series A investment round to a total of $13.5m.

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Browne Jacobson advises London based insurtech business Laka on significant series A round investment

Browne Jacobson’s national corporate tech lawyers have advised specialist insurtech business Laka on its $12m series A investment round. The cash injection will allow Laka to expand its operations across Europe and support its new retail partners based in Belgium, France and Germany.

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