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

His practice encompasses public and private acquisitions and disposals, private capital, carve-outs, capital markets and advisory mandates.

Tom is recognised in Chambers and Partners UK and The UK Legal 500 for premium M&A.

Experience

  • Advising Canaccord Wealth on the acquisition of the front office teams and client assets of EFG Harris Allday from EFG International.
  • Advising Royals Sports Group on the $1.65bn sale of The Rajasthan Royals and other Royals cricket franchises to the Mittal Family and Adar Poonawalla.
  • Advising International Paper, a leader in sustainable packaging solutions, on its plan to create two independent, publicly traded companies: International Paper, which will be comprised of its current business in North America, and the EMEA Packaging business.
  • Advising Evelyn Partners, one of the UK’s leading wealth managers, on its sale to NatWest Group plc for a £2.7bn enterprise value.
  • Advising Evelyn Partners (backed by Permira and Warburg Pincus) on a number of transactions, including the sale of its professional services business to funds advised by Apax Partners LLP.
  • Advising NortonLifeLock Inc., a NASDAQ-listed consumer cybersecurity solutions provider, on its $25bn cash and stock merger with Avast.
  • Advising Visa Inc. on its €21.2bn acquisition of Visa Europe.
  • Advising Terminix Global Holdings, Inc. on its $6.7bn cash and stock combination with Rentokil Initial plc.
  • Advising Littelfuse, Inc. on its $540m acquisition of C&K Switches from global private equity firm Sun Capital Partners.
  • Advising Smith & Williamson (now Evelyn Partners) on its £1.8bn merger with Tilney Group, including Warburg Pincus’s co-investment alongside Permira.
  • Advising FirstCash Holdings, Inc. on its $466m takeover of H&T Group plc.
  • Advising Siris Capital Group on its £673m public-to-private takeover of Equiniti Group plc.
  • 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.
  • Advising Joshua Alliance on his £408m take-private of N Brown Group plc.
  • Advising Searchlight Capital Partners on its $2bn acquisition of Mitel Networks, a global leader in business communications.
Tom is an astonishingly good lawyer who has the ability to see both the bigger picture of a deal and have a near total command of the minutiae.

Chambers UK 2027

He is always available for the client and delivers to extremely tight timelines without sacrificing overall levels of service. His approach is commercial and he is skilled in focusing on the most commercially relevant legal aspects.

Chambers UK 2027

Tom provides pragmatic and solutions-focused advice.

Chambers UK 2027

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