Tom Grace
Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Corporate
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Capital
- Private Equity
- Capital Solutions
- Shareholder Activism
- Public Company Advisory
- Corporate Governance
- Private Equity Transactions
- Investment Management
- Hedge Funds
- Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
- Preferred Equity & Hybrid Capital
- Focuses on public and private mergers and acquisitions, private capital and strategic equity.
- Particular experience in UK public M&A.
- Formerly seconded to the UK Takeover Panel.
Tom Grace acts for corporates, private equity sponsors, investment managers and financial institutions on complex domestic and cross-border corporate transactions.
He advises on public and private mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private capital, strategic equity, shareholder activism, equity capital markets and corporate governance matters.
Tom has particular experience in UK public M&A. He recently completed a two-year secondment to the UK Takeover Panel Executive (2024–2026), acting as case officer on numerous transactions and contributing to policy, disciplinary and regulatory matters, including consultations on revisions to the UK Takeover Code. He also completed a secondment to Goldman Sachs.
EducationL.P.C., University of Law, London, 2016
LL.B. (Hons), Queen Mary, University of London, 2014
L.P.C., University of Law, London, 2016
LL.B. (Hons), Queen Mary, University of London, 2014
Bar AdmissionsLaw Society of England and Wales
Law Society of England and Wales
