Tom Rose Partner

Partner

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Tom advises on all aspects of corporate transactions, specialising in complex cross-border M&A.

Tom’s practice encompasses public and private acquisitions and disposals, carve-outs, private equity transactions, equity capital markets situations and advisory mandates, with a particular focus on multi-jurisdictional M&A.

Tom is recognised in Chambers & Partners and in The Legal 500 for UK premium public and private M&A. He is the author of a number of practitioner publications on UK corporate law, and is the current contributing editor of the Legal 500 corporate governance guide.

Expertise

Recent work

NortonLifeLock Inc.

Advising NortonLifeLock Inc. on its $9.2bn merger with FTSE 100 company Avast plc.

Terminix Global Holdings, Inc.

Advising Terminix Global Holdings, Inc. on its $6.7bn cash and stock combination with Rentokil Initial plc.

Littelfuse, Inc.

Advising Littelfuse, Inc. on its $540m acquisition of C&K Switches from global private equity firm Sun Capital Partners.

Smith & Williamson

Advising Smith & Williamson (now Evelyn Partners) on its £1.8bn merger with Tilney Group, including Warburg Pincus’s co-investment alongside Permira.

Siris Capital Group

Advising Siris Capital Group on its £673m public-to-private takeover of Equiniti Group plc.

Visa Inc

Advising Visa Inc. on its €21.2bn acquisition of Visa Europe.

Dana Inc

Advising Dana Inc. on its agreed $6.2bn merger with GKN plc’s Driveline business, as part of GKN’s unsuccessful defence against Melrose Industries’ hostile takeover bid.

Searchlight Capital Partners

Advising Searchlight Capital Partners on its $2bn acquisition of Mitel Networks, a global leader in business communications.

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