"A highly proficient adviser who works with funds and financial investors across M&A, minority investments and disposals."
The Legal 500 UK 2025
Ranked – Private Equity: Buyouts
Chambers UK 2025
Leading Individual – Private Equity Transactions
The Legal 500 UK 2025
"Very practical and focused on the point. He is a good negotiator."
Chambers UK 2024
"Tom Evans has an impressive track record of representing private equity houses and their portfolio companies in cross-border deals."
Chambers UK 2023
"Tom is a super lawyer with sound commercial judgement and pragmatism."
Chambers UK 2021
"He is very direct and a problem solver."
Chambers UK 2021
"He's on top of everything, extremely hard-working and fantastic to work with."
Chambers UK 2019
Profile
Tom D. Evans, Global Vice Chair of the firm's Private Equity & Investment Funds Practice, is an M&A lawyer with almost two decades of experience advising funds and other financial investors on complex cross border mergers and acquisitions and corporate financing arrangements, including public and private acquisitions, carve-outs, take privates, consortium arrangements, minority investments, and disposals.
He is a thought leader in the private equity industry. He co-edits PE Views, the Latham & Watkins quarterly publication addressing significant legal, regulatory, and market developments relevant to the private equity industry in Europe, co-edits Latham & Watkins’ annual European private equity M&A market study, edits the text Private Equity Exits: A Practical Analysis, and has published chapters in Private Equity: A Transactional Analysis and Global Investment Funds: A Practical Guide to Structuring, Raising and Managing Funds.
Experience
Tom's experience includes advising:
Astorg Partners
On the acquisition with Cinven of LGC, a global leader in the life sciences tools sector
On the acquisition and sale of Audiotonix, a global market leader in the design, engineering, and manufacture of professional audio mixing consoles
On acquisitions by its leading multi-jurisdictional corporate services provider, IQ-EQ, including of First Names Group, Lawson Connor, and Augentius
L Catterton
On its investment in Butternut Box, Europe’s largest fresh dog food brand
On its investment in Maria Nila, a Swedish sustainable professional hair care brand
On its strategic partnership with Hunter Point Capital
On its investment in the Razor Group, a leading global aggregator of e-commerce consumer goods businesses
On its investment in Little Moons, a premium UK dessert brand
On its investment in and sale of Princess Yachts International, one of the World’s top designers and manufacturers of super yachts
On its investment in Pepe Jeans, a leading player in denim and sportswear
On its combination with L Capital and L Real Estate, the private equity operations of LVMH and Groupe Arnault, to form L Catterton
Nordic Capital
On the £2.25 billion sale of The Binding Site, a manufacturer of immunodiagnostic kits and reagents
On its investment in RLDatix, an international specialist in governance, risk and compliance solutions for healthcare
Onex Corporation
On the up to €3.75 billion acquisition of SIG Combibloc Group AG, a global packaging business
PAI Partners
On the disposal of and reinvestment in, together with British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, Refresco, one of the largest independent beverage contract manufacturers in the world
Permira
On the joint acquisition and combination of Kedrion Biopharma and Bio Products Laboratory, two leading providers of medicinal products derived from human blood plasma
On its investment in GoCardless, a leading payment processing business
On its investment in New Immo Group, a leader in digital real estate in France, through the SAFTI and megAgence brands
On the acquisition of Quotient Sciences, a provider of CDMO and CRO services to pharma and biotech companies, and its acquisition of Arcinova, the UK based multiservice CDMO provider
On the acquisition of the Corin Group, an international orthopaedic implant business, and its acquisition of Global Orthopaedic Technlogy, a leading Australian orthopaedic implant designer and manufacturer
On the acquisition of I-MED Radiology Network, a diagnostic imaging provider
Platinum Equity
On the US$4.2 billion acquisition of Urbaser, a Madrid-based integrated waste management company
On the acquisition of Biscuit International, a leading European manufacturer of private label sweet biscuits, and its acquisition of Continental Bakeries
On the acquisition of Iberconsa, a global provider of frozen seafood
On the disposal of Exterion Media, a leading European out-of-home media business
On the US$1.3 billion acquisition of Wyndham Worldwide’s European vacation rental business
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
England and Wales (Solicitor)
Victoria (Australia)
Education
Bachelor of Laws, Australian National University, 2001
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