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Tom Pickthorn

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)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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and commercial: Cambridge East Anglia > Corporate and commercial
- Hall of Fame East Anglia > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Cambridge
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Norwich
- Real estate > Commercial property: Cambridge
- Real estate > Commercial property: Norwich
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Cambridge
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Norwich
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Employment > Pensions
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector > Public sector