Tom advises on all aspects of corporate transactions, specialising in complex cross-border M&A.
His practice encompasses public and private acquisitions and disposals, carve-outs, private capital, ECM situations and advisory mandates. Tom is recognised in Chambers & Partners and in The Legal 500 for UK premium public and private M&A.
Advising NortonLifeLock Inc. on its $9.2bn merger with FTSE 100 company Avast plc.
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 Siris Capital Group on its £673m public-to-private takeover of Equiniti Group plc.
Advising Visa Inc. on its €21.2bn acquisition of Visa Europe.
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 Searchlight Capital Partners on its $2bn acquisition of Mitel Networks, a global leader in business communications.
"Tom is detail-oriented, persuasive, thoughtful and commercial."
Chambers & Partners (UK 2024)
