Thomas Clark

Thomas advises numerous small and medium sized businesses with all of their corporate law requirements, including business purchases and sales, business divisions, and share issues and transfers. He supports organisations in all sectors and industries, but has a focus on IT clients, including Microsoft resellers, cloud service providers, and IT managed service businesses, as well as SaaS providers.

Since qualifying in 2011, advising on employee incentives has been one of his strengths, including: enterprise management incentives, long term incentive plans (LTIPs), growth shares, and unapproved options. He joined Doyle Clayton in 2023 having spent 10 years at a large regional firm, three of which as partner.

Examples of Thomas’s work includes advising on:

• Sale of Microsoft solutions provider to leading European provider
• Purchase of Microsoft licence reseller on a distressed basis by major UK outsourced service provider
• Sale of a managed IT service provider to large listed managed IT service provider
• Sale of cloud service provider to major US managed IT service provider
• Sale of managed IT service provider to national private equity backed IT managed service provider
  Sale of major outsourced service provider to a major international provider
• Implementation of enterprise management incentive growth share scheme as part of an investment in a major southern based managed service provider
• Implementation of enterprise management incentive growth share scheme and shareholder agreements as part of an investment in start-up cyber security provider
• Implementation of growth share scheme and shareholders arrangements for established heating, ventilation, and air conditioning provider
• Implementation of long term incentive plan (LTIP) for listed saas technology provider
• Implementation of long term incentive bonus plan for saas technology provider (including cross boarder advice)
• Implementation of long term incentive bonus plan for major cyber security provider
• Share incentive exit arrangements for international plant and machinery provider relating to senior executive
• Share incentive exit arrangements for senior executive on his exit from worldwide technology provider
• Joint venture agreements relating to high value London property investment
• Various joint venture agreements relating to property developments funded by family office
• Reorganisation and demerger of £300m property portfolio
• Reorganisation and preparation of sale arrangements of £100m outsourced IT service provider
• Shareholder dispute relating to board control and share valuation
• Various shareholder constitutional arrangements, including Shareholders’ Agreements and Articles of Association

Experience and qualifications

• Qualified in September 2011

Professional memberships

• Law Society of England and Wales

Get in touch with Thomas Clark

Email: tclark@doyleclayton.co.uk

Phone: 02077787243

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