Calum Thom is an experienced private equity and M&A lawyer. He advises clients on corporate transactions, including private equity, strategic mergers and acquisitions (both domestic and international), joint ventures and corporate reorganisations. Calum has experience across a broad range of sectors, with a particular focus on healthcare and life sciences sectors, but he has also acted on a number of transactions in the consumer, energy, real estate and industrial sectors.
Acting for the management team of APEM on its sale to Applus (backed by TDR Capital and I Squared Capital).
Acting for the management team of Centralis on its sale to HGGC.
Acting for LDC on its acquisition of Precise TV.
Acting for Perwyn and Silvertree on various bolt-on acquisitions for portfolio company, SALESmanago including Leadoo Technologies (Finland) and Thulium (Poland).
Acting for Inflexion on the sale of Lintbells to Vetnique Labs (backed by Gryphon Investors).
Representing ECI Partners on its investment in Croud, a global leader in digital-first, tech-enabled marketing from LDC.
Acting for management team of Energia on its sale to Ardian Group.
Acting for SC Capital Partners on its investment by CapitaLand Investment.
Representing Ampersand Capital in its investment with KKR in a business combination of leading life sciences reagents and custom synthesis and CDMO companies, Biosynth Carbosynth and vivitide Inc.*
Representing Apposite Capital on its acquisition of a majority shareholding in CrestOptics, a world leader in the development and manufacture of advanced systems for fluorescence microscopy, from XYence Capital SGR S.p.A. and management, and the spin out of its diagnostics business to management.*
Representing Alliance Medical on its shareholder arrangements with strategic partners in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.*
Representing BehaVR Inc., in its merger with OxfordVR Limited, a UK-based spin-out of Oxford University, backed by Oxford Science Enterprises and Optum Ventures, and focused on virtual reality for behavioural healthcare treatments.*
Representing Bluegem Capital in connection with various acquisitions, including of makeup brand Iconic London and on its acquisition of The Cosmetic Skin Clinic.*
Representing Centene Corporation, a US-listed health insurer, on various transactions, including on its acquisition of Circle Health.*
Representing Atalaya Capital on its investment into a real estate fund acquiring a European portfolio of hotels and commercial properties.*
Representing Palamon Capital on a number of transactions, including the sale of Il Bisonte S.p.A, an independent Italian luxury leather fashion accessories business, to Tokyo stock exchange-listed fashion distribution specialist, Look Holdings.*
Representing Hidden Harbour Capital Partners on its acquisition of the Avtron Power Solutions business carved out from Schneider Electric USA Inc.*
Representing Irving Oil on various transactions, including its acquisition of Whitegate oil refinery from P66 and the acquisition of the Tedcastle Group (brand Top Oil), which includes a portfolio of over 200 fuel forecourts throughout Ireland and a terminal in Dublin Port.*
Representing Alsco Inc., one of the world’s largest textile rental and laundry companies, in its acquisition of Clean Linen Services, a UK market-leading laundry supplier, from MML Capital Partners.*
Representing Socotec, a French-headquartered risk management company, backed by Cobepa and CD&R, on management incentive arrangements.*
*Denotes a matter handled prior to joining the firm.