LAWYER PROFILE

Tom Whelan

UK 2026

Reed Smith LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Private Equity: Buyouts: Up to £500 million

UK-wide

3 years ranked

About

Provided by Reed Smith LLP

Practice Areas

Tom is a highly responsive and service-oriented commercial private equity and M&A partner who handles buyouts, co-investments, take privates, general M&A, bolt-ons, secondaries, management incentive plans, restructurings and refinancings through to exits. He advises private equity sponsors, multi-strategy funds, other private capital investors and corporates, as well as management teams, helping them deploy capital both domestically and internationally across the globe.

Tom is adept at advising clients on their investments across many different sectors, including health care, technology and AI, media and telecoms, financial services, water and energy, transportation, hotels and leisure, food, consumer, retail, industrial, chemicals and automotive.

Professional Memberships

Law Society of England & Wales

BVCA

Personal

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Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Private Equity: Buyouts: Up to £500 million - UK-wide

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Tom Whelan is an experienced practitioner who demonstrates knowledge in buyouts, take-privates and M&A. His diverse client base includes private equity sponsors and corporates.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Tom's strengths come from his experience in different industries. Most importantly there is legal advice, more than just legal execution. Advice is what we are always looking for.
Private Equity: Buyouts: Up to £500 millionChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Tom is able to see past the legal matter at hand and connect it to repercussions in the business. This results from a deep understanding of the deal, allowing him to give advice that is very measured.
Private Equity: Buyouts: Up to £500 millionChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Tom is quick to step into complex processes, get up to speed and contribute meaningfully in a short space of time.
Private Equity: Buyouts: Up to £500 millionChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
We were incredibly fortunate to have Tom as counsel and felt more than confident in his ability to deliver the outcome we were looking for on the matter.
Private Equity: Buyouts: Up to £500 millionChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Tom has been extremely helpful across a range of areas. He is our go-to person at Reed Smith and is highly experienced, commercial and responsive.
Private Equity: Buyouts: Up to £500 millionChambers Guide to the Legal Profession