Rosenblatt Acts for finnCap on buyout

Rosenblatt Solicitors, the City law firm, acted on behalf of finnCap, the institutional broker and corporate advisor, in relation to the buyout of the outstanding 50% of the company that was previously owned by J. M. Finn & Co Ltd, the private client stockbroker. The Rosenblatt team was lead by Corporate Partner David Fairfield.

The buyout was by the employees of finnCap lead by chairman, Jon Moulton, and finnCap founder and chief executive, Sam Smith. The company name has changed from J. M. Finn Capital Markets Ltd to finnCap Ltd, in line with the company trading name, and the company is now fully independent.

finnCap is focused on the small cap market and aims to be broker and adviser of choice in the smaller company space. It completed a spin out in August 2007 from parent company JM Finn, as a new stockbroker and adviser aimed at the growth company market. Since then it has raised over £240 million for corporate clients in approximately 60 deals.

finnCap is already ranked as a top-ten AIM adviser and broker and occupies leading positions in several sectors. In technology it is No. 1 ranked by number of AIM clients, and no 2 in life sciences. finnCap’s 45-strong team has established leading positions in the small cap consumer, industrials, insurance, support services, financials and mining sectors.

Rosenblatt Solicitors is based in the City and acts for a large number of quoted and unquoted companies on all types of corporate transaction, in particular mergers and acquisitions and AIM and full list flotations. Its clients include a number of VCTs and private equity houses.