Tom Macleod

Tom is a corporate partner and co-head of the venture capital and emerging companies practice. He advises founders, growing entrepreneurial businesses, venture capital funds and angel investors on a broad range of corporate matters including acquisitions and disposals, exits, all forms of financing rounds (S/EIS, venture capital, venture debt, VCT, growth capital), joint ventures, corporate restructurings and share incentivisation schemes. Tom is seen as a rising star in the industry and is known for combining excellent technical skills alongside a pragmatic, commercial approach. Tom has a particular focus on advising high-growth technology companies and is equally adept advising on early stage investments or later stage transactions for both investors and investees alike. Tom is also part of the firm’s international strategy group, with a particular focus on the USA. · Harbottle & Lewis LLP

EnglandCorporate / M&A, Venture Capital

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Tom Macleod is a corporate partner and co-head of the venture capital and emerging companies practice at Harbottle & Lewis LLP, advising founders, entrepreneurial businesses, venture capital funds and angel investors on acquisitions and disposals, exits, financing rounds (S/EIS, venture capital, venture debt, VCT, growth capital), joint ventures, restructurings and share incentivisation schemes. He focuses on high-growth technology companies across early and later-stage investments, is part of the firm's international strategy group with a particular focus on the USA, and trained at CMS before joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a newly qualified solicitor and then Harbottle & Lewis in February 2017.

Practice areas

Corporate / M&AVenture CapitalEmerging CompaniesCorporate Restructuring

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England

Harbottle & Lewis LLP · Tom is a corporate partner and co-head of the venture capital and emerging companies practice. He advises founders, growing entrepreneurial businesses, venture capital funds and angel investors on a broad range of corporate matters including acquisitions and disposals, exits, all forms of financing rounds (S/EIS, venture capital, venture debt, VCT, growth capital), joint ventures, corporate restructurings and share incentivisation schemes. Tom is seen as a rising star in the industry and is known for combining excellent technical skills alongside a pragmatic, commercial approach. Tom has a particular focus on advising high-growth technology companies and is equally adept advising on early stage investments or later stage transactions for both investors and investees alike. Tom is also part of the firm’s international strategy group, with a particular focus on the USA.

England

Expertise

High-growth technology companies (TMT)Startups and early-stage investmentsLater-stage and growth capital transactionsVenture capital funds and angel investingVenture debtFintechCross-border transactions (UK–US)

Admissions

Qualified solicitor (England & Wales)