Tom Goff

Director & Head of Company Commercial

Education:

Tom attended Birkdale School before studying at the University of Birmingham and the University of Law.

Main Areas of Work:

Tom is a corporate lawyer with a wide background advising on M&A transactions and corporate governance matters.

Tom has specialist expertise in venture capital transactions, advising founders, start-ups, investors and corporates on the full life-cycle from incorporations, spin-outs through and investments though to strategic mergers, acquisitions and exits.

Tom has a particular interest in the technology sector and has an undergraduate degree in Artificial Intelligence in addition to an undergraduate degree in Law.

In addition to his legal career, Tom spent nearly two years as a Senior Investment Manager at the British Business Bank, making and managing venture capital investments for the British Government’s National Security Strategic Investment Fund. Much earlier in his career Tom also spent six months on secondment to HSBC Equipment Finance, managing asset finance deals.

Great / Notable achievements at Wake Smith:

• Advised a top-30 FTSE plc on numerous fintech acquisitions and corporate venturing investments
• Advised a FTSE listed insurer on several corporate venturing investments
• Advised a major regional telecoms company on the creation of its corporate venturing investment fund, and several subsequent tech investments
• Advised on the reverse takeover of an e-commerce fulfilment business
• Advised cleantech start-up on its Series B funding round
• Advised agri-tech start-up on its Series A funding round
• Advised several Venture Capital Trust (VCT) funds on various novel venture capital investments
  

Recent articles by Tom Goff

Wake Smith makes senior corporate appointment