Squire Patton Boggs

About Tom

Tom McClusky is an associate in the global Corporate Practice and is based in the Manchester office.

Tom advises on all aspects of corporate finance work on a national and international basis and, in particular, specialises in mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganisations, takeovers, corporate governance matters and private equity.

Experience

  • Acting for CSL Group on the acquisition of IoTM Solutions Ltd to further strengthen CSL’s offering to build resilient global Internet of Things (IoT) estates.

  • Acting for AccessPay on the strategic majority investment from Accel-KKR.

  • Acted alongside a multidisciplinary team on behalf of Vital Energi, a leading provider of energy infrastructure solutions, on a £175 million fundraising through a Nordic bond issue and the acquisition of the Port Clarence biomass facility in Teesside.

  • Advised Aptamer Group plc, the developer of novel Optimer binders to enable innovation in the life sciences industry, on its £80.7 million Alternative Investment Market (AIM) initial public offering (IPO).

  • Advised Sopheon PLC on the takeover by Wellspring Worldwide for £115 million (US$140 million).

  • Acting for a Premier League football club on its global reorganisation and restructure.

Credentials

Education
  • BPP University, L.P.C., 2020
  • Newcastle University, LL.B., 2019
Admissions
  • England and Wales, 2022

Expertise

Services
  • Corporate
  • Private Equity

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