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ONE SILK STREET
LONDON
EC2Y 8HQ
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Tom Wells
Work Department
Banking, Financial Structuring
Position
Tom is a senior banking partner who has a wide-ranging banking practice specialising in structured finance, margin lending and corporate finance. He acts for leading financial institutions and a number of corporate borrowers operating across a variety of sectors and jurisdictions.
Tom works closely with the firm’s Pensions and Insurance groups assisting banks, insurers and corporates with bespoke collateral and funding arrangements designed to address pension scheme deficits or facilitate large insurance-related transactions. He also advises on the recent legislation requiring UK banks to “ring-fence” their retail operations from their other banking activities.
Tom is responsible for managing the firm’s relationship with a major German banking client. He is a leader of the firm’s bank sector, as well as being a group leader within the Banking practice
Work highlights:
Tom has led on many banking transactions. Most recently, these include advising:
- numerous banks on margin lending transactions, with underlying shares in the UK, Russia, Spain, Portugal and Israel
- a major UK bank on collateralisation of its obligations under various pension schemes
- the lenders of John Laing’s £400m syndicated facilities
- the lenders of Harrods’ £850m syndicated facilities
- Graff Diamonds on its US$470m senior secured facilities
- House of Fraser on its £225m senior secured facilities
- Kier on its £380m corporate and acquisition facilities and €100m schuldschein
- Redrow on its corporate and development facilities
- Deutsche Bank on the £1.8bn disposal of the commercial real estate loan book of Deutsche Postbank London branch
Career
1998 – Partner, Banking Department, Linklaters; 1991 – 1998 Assistant Solicitor, Linklaters; 1991 – Admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales; 1990 – 1991 Solicitor Finlaysons, South Australia; 1989 – 1990 Judge’s Associate, Federal Court of Australia; 1988 – Admitted as a Barrister and Solictor in South Australia.
Languages
English.
Education
Tom holds a combined BA/LL.B (Hons) degree from The University of Adelaide, where he also completed an LL.M.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Transport > Rail
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Finance > Securitisation
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Finance > High yield
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Trade finance
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers