CAYMAN ISLANDS – Mourant, a global skilled providers agency with legislation at its core, has strengthened its Cayman Islands Company follow with the appointment of recent Companion, Tom McLaughlin.
Tom joins the agency from Dentons New Zealand the place he was a Companion within the Banking and Monetary Markets staff. Earlier than that, Tom was a part of a high offshore skilled providers agency’s Non-public Fairness staff. He additionally labored at Willkie Farr & Gallagher in New York.
Tom has a whole lot of expertise advising on many company issues. These embrace IPOs, secondary choices, and funding fund launches. He additionally works on downstream transactions and de-SPAC enterprise combos. Tom helps with platform roll-ups and M&A transactions for each personal and public firms. He’s skilled in early-stage capital raisings, debt points, and company governance. Moreover, he advises on joint ventures, shareholder issues, and company restructurings.
Catherine Pham, Follow Chief of Mourant’s Cayman Corporate practice, stated:
“Tom is a gifted and technical lawyer with intensive expertise within the monetary markets sector, and is a terrific new addition to our rising Company staff in Cayman. His appointment will additional strengthen our capabilities in advising on advanced cross-border transactions and reinforces our dedication to attracting top-tier expertise to help our purchasers’ evolving wants.”
Company Workforce Progress
Tom added:
“I’m delighted to be returning to the Cayman Islands to affix Mourant. The agency’s Company staff has a superb popularity and its dedication to offering commercially-focused authorized options, underpinned by glorious consumer service, aligns completely with my values. I’m excited to use my expertise to assist drive the staff’s ongoing success and to play an element within the subsequent section of the agency’s progress.”
Tom’s appointment is the newest vital rent for Mourant. Former Kirkland & Ellis Companion, Brad Hillson, was appointed Global Head of Private Capital in Could, with Distinguished Guernsey litigator, John Greenfield, becoming a member of in July.
Tom Grogan (beforehand Head of Rising Know-how at Mishcon de Reya) has additionally not too long ago been appointed as Mourant’s Chief Transformation Officer.
