Tom, who beat off stiff competition to win the title, joins the growing five strong team in Sheffield as associate solicitor, and will deal with a variety of corporate and commercial matters, including sales and purchases of businesses, MBOs/MBIs, partnerships, shareholder and partnership agreements, along with general corporate finance matters.
He will also advise both businesses and individuals on terms of business and other contractual issues along with directors Duncan Shepherd, John Baddeley and Rebecca Robinson plus solicitor Amelia Vaughan and trainee Joseph Creasor.
The announcement is the latest in a series of strategic appointments strengthening Wake Smith’s legal offering and comes as the firm celebrates its 220th year in business.
Tom said: “I really felt that Wake Smith’s aims’ matched mine. There are great opportunities for growth and the firm has an excellent reputation for its corporate and commercial work.
“This is a firm with ambitions to grow and develop.”
John Baddeley, chairman and director in the corporate team at Wake Smith said: “Tom’s dealmaking ability has already been recognised by him winning the emerging dealmaker award, which confirmed the quality of his work in the legal sector.
“He is a talented individual and an outstanding young dealmaker through his work on corporate and commercial matters, including management buyouts and the sale and acquisition of businesses.
“We look forward to seeing his great initiative and dedication to clients on a daily basis at Wake Smith, as he showcases his skills as a go-to specialist in corporate law.”
Tom joins Wake Smith from a local law firm where he spent four years, rising to an associate solicitor in the corporate, commercial and insolvency team.
He read Law at the University of Durham and obtained his LPC at the University of Sheffield before joining two well regarded law firms.
For further information about corporate law matters contact Tom Haywood at Wake Smith Solicitors on 0114 266 6660 or click here
