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

Mills & Reeve LLP
BOTANIC HOUSE
100 HILLS ROAD
CAMBRIDGE
CB2 1PH
England
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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 deep bench of lawyers in its Cambridge corporate M&A practice, which frequently handles high-value regional and national transactions. Head of corporate Tom Pickthorn, head of commercial Kevin Calder and head of life sciences James Fry oversee ‘a very strong practice, with excellent depth of understanding of UK Corporate law, and great ability to distill it down to a practical approach‘.  Private equity partner Anthony McGurk ‘has a very good sense of market practice‘. Claire Clarke has particular expertise in education work and formation of investment funds, and Jonathan Greenwood focuses on mid-market M&A and PE investment. Senior associate Charlotte Bull also plays a key role in the team.