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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. He specialises in corporate transactions for technology companies and tech-enabled businesses; advising on a broad range of UK and cross-border private company transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, disposals, venture capital and private equity investments, management buy outs, joint ventures and reorganisations. Jon is a French speaker and an active member of the French Chamber of Commerce.

recent experience

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
Acted for AIM-listed global digital communications business Next Fifteen Communications Group plc on its follow on investment in Phrasee, the London-headquartered marketing technology company, as part of a USD4m Series A funding round, led by Albion Capital. Find out more
Advised the British Insurance Awards 2018 Insurance Start-Up Award winner 2018, 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. Find out more
Advised InsurTech business Dinghy Limited on its USD1.2m seed funding round led by Balderton Capital. Find out more
Acted for InsurTech business Laka Ltd on its USD1.5m funding round led by Tune Protect Group Berhad (a financial holding company listed on the Malaysian Stock Exchange) and Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm 500 Startups. Find out more
Acted for numerous early stage tech businesses on multiple funding rounds, including:
- Early Metrics, a rating agency for startups and early stage businesses;
- Cheerfy, a Wi-Fi based customer recognition system for restaurants and retailers;
- GetAgent, an estate agent rating platform; and
- MovieSweep, a movie-themed mobile gaming app.

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...

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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How to navigate Brexit - think like a startup

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