Tom is a corporate partner in the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group specializing in complex digital infrastructure transactions. He advises investors, telecommunications and technology businesses on commercial and regulatory matters, M&A transactions and financing transactions.
Tom is recognized as one of the world’s leading lawyers in his field. He has been ranked Band 1 by Chambers UK in Telecommunications since 2011, with clients describing him as “one of the most technically minded and brilliant lawyers I have come across. He is able to digest highly complex and technical concepts very quickly.” The Legal 500 UK also recognizes him as a “Leading Partner” in the IT and Telecoms sector, with clients noting, “Tom literally knows what will happen and positions that parties will take before they do.” In 2024 and 2025, he was awarded TMT Finance’s “Europe TMT Lawyer of the Year.”
Tom has deep experience advising global private equity funds, infrastructure funds, credit funds, public companies and commercial banks on high-profile, cross-border digital infrastructure transactions, including novel transactions in the telecom and satellite industries. Deals have included network infrastructure separations, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, fiber network expansions and developments, and complex technology transactions.
