Tom Shropshire
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Work Department
Capital markets, corporate.
Position
Tom’s recent M&A transactions include: advising Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited in connection with the $142bn unsolicited offer by BHP Billiton; advising The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc in connection with the €71.1bn cash and share offer for ABN AMRO Holding NV; advising Rio Tinto plc in connection with its $37.6bn cash tender offer for Alcan, Inc; advising Tom Group in connection with its ‘going private’ acquisition of Tom Online; advising Banco Santander and JPMorgan as financial advisers to Sonae in connection with its €12bn offer for Portugal Telecom; advising AstraZeneca in connection with its ‘going private’ acquisition of Cambridge Antibody Technology Group plc; advising Old Mutual in connection with its unsolicited £3.1bn offer for Skandia; advising Gold Fields on its defence of the $8.1bn unsolicited offer by Harmony Gold Mining. Tom’s recent equity capital markets transactions include: advising The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc in connection with its £20bn placing and open offer; advising The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc in connection with its £12bn rights issue; advising Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works Open Joint Stock Company on its $1bn initial public offering; advising underwriting banks in connection with the €2.5bn rights offering by Julius Baer.
Career
Associate Linklaters 1998-2000; manager business development and strategy Philip Morris International Inc 2000-01; associate Linklaters 2001-06; partner 2006 to date.
Languages
Spanish.
Education
University of Southern California (1994 Bachelor of Arts, Political Science; Bachelor or Arts, International Relations); New York University (1998 Master of Business Administration, Finance; Juris Doctor).
Practice Areas
M&A
