About Tom

Tom Currie is an associate in the global Corporate and Private Equity practice based in our London office.

Tom has experience advising private equity houses/sponsors, portfolio companies and shareholder/management teams on a wide range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including private acquisitions, carve-outs, co-investments, consortium deals, group restructurings, management incentive plans and general corporate matters.

Experience

Private Equity

  • Representing ECI Partners on its investment in Shaw Gibbs from Apiary Capital.

  • Advising Westcon-Comstor on its strategic investment by General Atlantic.

  • Representing H2 Equity Partners and the management team of RAM Tracking on the sale of RAM Tracking to Kerridge Commercial Systems (backed by CapVest Partners LLP).

  • Representing the management team of Operam Education Group on the sale of Operam Education Group to Three Hills Capital Partners.

  • Advising the EMK Capital-backed Roundtable Interactive on its acquisition of Auroch Digital.

  • Advising Phoenix Equity Partners on its acquisition of SMH Holdings Limited.

  • Representing ECI Partners on its investment in Croud from LDC.

  • Representing Growth Capital Partners on its investment in CloudRock.

  • Acting for the management team and other individual shareholders of Portakabin on its management buy-out backed by Antin Infrastructure Partners.

  • Representing LDC on its investment in procurement and technology specialists The 55 Group.

  • Advising TPG Rise Climate, the dedicated climate investing strategy of TPG's global impact investing platform, TPG Rise, on its investment in A-Gas from its owners, including majority owner KKR.

  • Advising Hurst Point Group, a portfolio company of the Carlyle Group, on its acquisition of Helm Godfrey.

  • Acting for the management team of Two Circles on its secondary buy-out backed by Charterhouse Capital Partners.

  • Acting for the management team of Outright Games on its secondary buy-out backed by EMK Capital.

  • Acting for the management team of B Medical Systems on the sale by Navis Capital to Azenta Inc.

  • Acting for Inspirit Capital on its acquisition of Alpha3 Manufacturing.

  • Representing MML Capital Partners on its exit from Waystone to Montagu Private Equity.

M&A

  • Advising the shareholders of KYC360 on the sale of KYC360 to Experian plc.

  • Advising JTC Group plc on its acquisition of Kleinwort Hambros Trust Company (CI) Limited and its subsidiaries from Swiss private bank Union Bancaire Privée.

  • Advising the management team of Viper Innovations on its management buy-out.

  • Acting for D&C Brands on the disposal of Dr. Organic to Damier NV.

Credentials

Education
  • University of Law, L.P.C., 2017
  • University of Nottingham, LL.B., Law, with a Year Abroad (University of New South Wales, Australia), 2015
Admissions
  • England and Wales, 2019

Expertise