Tom McLaughlin
Mourant has appointed Tom McLaughlin as partner. He joins the firm from Dentons New Zealand where he was a partner in the Banking and Financial Markets team. Prior to that, McLaughlin was a member of another leading offshore professional services firm’s multi-disciplinary Private Equity team, and also worked in Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s New York office.
McLaughlin has significant experience advising on a wide range of corporate matters, including IPOs, secondary offerings, investment fund launches and downstream transactions, de-SPAC business combinations, platform roll-ups, private and public company M&A transactions, early-stage capital raisings, debt issues, corporate governance matters, joint venture arrangements, shareholder matters and corporate restructurings, Mourant said in a press release.
Catherine Pham, Practice Leader of Mourant’s Cayman Corporate practice, said: “Tom is a talented and technical lawyer with extensive experience in the financial markets sector, and is a terrific new addition to our growing Corporate team in Cayman. His appointment will further strengthen our capabilities in advising on complex cross-border transactions and reinforces our commitment to attracting top-tier talent to support our clients’ evolving needs.”
McLaughlin added: “I am delighted to be returning to the Cayman Islands to join Mourant. The firm’s Corporate team has an excellent reputation and its commitment to providing commercially-focused legal solutions, underpinned by excellent client service, aligns perfectly with my values. I’m excited to apply my experience to help drive the team’s ongoing success and to play a part in the next phase of the firm’s growth.”
