Tom Lewis > PwC LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

PwC LLP
1 EMBANKMENT PLACE
LONDON
WC2N 6RH
England
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Work Department

International Business Reorganisations.

Position

Tom is a Director in PwC’s International Business Reorganisations legal team, and is based in London in the UK.

He has over 13 years’ experience of reorganisation work. Tom specialises in advising multinational clients on complex cross-border reorganisation projects in connection with pre and post M&A activities (including IPOs), group simplification, inbound investment, intra-group financing and more general legal structuring advice, such as legal entity formation, reserves planning and dividend facilitation.

Tom began his career at a US law firm (Shearman & Sterling), before moving to KPMG and then PwC. He regularly works alongside tax, accounting and other professionals at PwC to deliver seamless multidisciplinary solutions for our clients.

Tom focuses on the PLS sector and his recent experience includes leading the legal implementation of a global pre IPO reorganisation for Eli Lilly, a project that involved PwC providing legal advice in more than 70 countries worldwide.

Tom is PwC’s legal representative on the firm’s Japanese Business Network, and regularly advises Japanese headquartered multinational looking to undertake investment and transactions in the UK.

In addition to his client facing role, Tom has recently been appointed as the firm’s Trainee Director with responsibility for supervising the Trainee programme, from hiring of graduates to the Trainee experience and qualification process.

Career

Tom began his career at a US law firm (Shearman & Sterling), before moving to KPMG and then PwC.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations

Osborne Clarke LLP‘s new offering is headed by the highly regarded Tom Lewis who is considered ‘a great hire‘ for the firm. The team offers a blend of corporate, finance and tax expertise to clients who are undergoing international reorganisations. Sara Valentine is a core team member who is lauded as ‘one of the best out there‘ for her corporate work and Akshay Agrawal is also a noted practitioner. The practice counts major UK and international corporates in its client roster – ranging from retail and   communications sectors to industrial and automotive.