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Tom Matthews
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Partner
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Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
Working on UK, European and global deals out of its London office, the corporate M&A team at White & Case LLP has ‘excellent skills in M&A and premium deals.’ The team regularly handles public company and financial services M&A, as well as technology transactions and investments for multinationals, banks, financial sponsors, UK plcs and hedge funds, across a range of sectors including energy and natural resources, mining and metals and pharmaceuticals. Philip Broke, a corporate finance and high-end M&A expert, heads the team, which also includes Allan Taylor, who often advises clients in the natural resources sector. Shareholder activism specialist Tom Matthews is another key player in the team, alongside recently made up partner Sonica Tolani, who offers experience in Takeover Code and listing rule transactions across all industry sectors. The ‘extraordinary’ Hyder Jumabhoy, co-heads the financial services M&A practice, assisting with restructurings, disposals, joint ventures and business integrations. With a specialism in the technology sector, cross-border M&A lawyer Ian Ivory joined the team from BCLP in January 2023, and experienced public M&A specialist Patrick Sarch joined the firm from Hogan Lovells International LLP in February 2024. Dominic Ross left to join Clifford Chance LLP’s corporate department in October 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Finance > Trade finance
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Real estate > Property finance
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Finance > High yield
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax