Tom Pickthorn > Mills & Reeve LLP > Cambridge, England > Lawyer Profile

Mills & Reeve LLP
BOTANIC HOUSE
100 HILLS ROAD
CAMBRIDGE
CB2 1PH
England

Work Department

Corporate and commercial.

Position

Partner specialising in M&A work and head of the firm’s European desk. Clients include Bourn Hall, Egis SA, Midwich, SNCF, Spaldings and Trinity Biotech.

Career

Trainee solicitor Linklaters 1992-94; solicitor Linklaters 1999-2000; associate Mills & Reeve 2000-01; partner 2001.

Languages

French.

Memberships

Law Society.

Education

Eaton College; University of Bristol (1989); College of Law (2001).

Leisure

Family, football and the arts.

Lawyer Rankings

East Anglia > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Cambridge

(Hall of Fame)

Tom PickthornMills & Reeve LLP

Mills & Reeve LLP has a large corporate M&A practice that handles high-value regional work as well as a growing roster of national and international matters. Its work includes major IPOs of companies based in East Anglia and London, as well as cross-border M&A deals, private equity transactions and VC financings. Head of corporate Tom Pickthorn and head of commercial Kevin Calder are the lead partners. Pickthorn acted for The Lee Company, Inc. in the multimillion-pound acquisition of micropump technology company TTP Ventus. Education and investment fund partner Claire Clarke, mid-market specialist Jonathan Greenwood, and private equity partner Anthony McGurk are among the many standout partners. Senior associate Charlotte Bull is also recommended.