Thomas Fisher specialises in advising leading private equity sponsors and infrastructure funds on domestic and cross-border M&A, in particular across the range of infrastructure sectors. He also has extensive experience advising on joint ventures, management incentive arrangements, corporate restructurings and advisory work for private equity portfolio companies.
Thomas is listed in Law.com as 2024's Private Equity Rising Stars: The Best Up-and-Coming Lawyers in the UK and Europe.
- Generation Investment Management on the voluntary tender offer (as part of a consortium with Advent International and Arendals Fossekompani) to acquire Oslo-listed Volue ASA, a supplier of software and data solutions to the energy and infrastructure sectors.
- EQT on their acquisition of AMCS, a global leader in performance and sustainability software to resource-intensive industries.
- Advising KKR on its US750m investment in Zenobē, a global market leader in electrification-as-a-service solutions for fleets, and battery storage solutions for grid network infrastructure
- Igneo Infrastructure Partners (the Infrastructure arm of First Sentier Investors) on its disposal of Coriance to a consortium comprising infrastructure fund, Vauban Infrastructure Partners and French state-owned banking group, Caisse des Dépôts. Coriance is a French headquartered business operating district heating and cooling concessions in France and Belgium.
- Macquarie Asset Management on its acquisition of Roadchef, a leading UK motorway service area operator, from Antin Infrastructure Partners*
- Wren House on its acquisition of Voyage Care, a specialist social care provider in the UK, from Duke Street and Partners Group*
- Antin Infrastructure Partners on its sale of Kellas Midstream, a North Sea midstream infrastructure business, to a consortium of GIC and Blackrock*
- InfraRed Capital Partners on the separate sales of its European Real Estate fund management businesses to ARA Asset Management and its Asian Real Estate fund management businesses to BentallGreenOak*
- 3i Group on its 65% sale of Scandlines, a Danish ferry operator, to a consortium of First State and Hermes and its subsequent minority re- investment
- 3i Group on its acquisition of the Infinis Group, a UK landfill gas generator, from Terra Firma
- Ardian on the sale of 49% of London Luton Airport to AMP Capital
- GIP on its US$5 billion acquisition of Equis Energy, a Singaporean based renewable energy company with power assets across Asia
- OTPP and USS on their acquisition of the Westerleigh Group, a UK crematorium developer and operator, from Antin Infrastructure Partners
- Iberdrola on its sale of Scottish Power’s portfolio of pumped storage, hydro and gas-fired generation assets, to Drax Group
- Partners Group on its simultaneous acquisitions and merger of Ammeraal Beltech (from Advent) and Megadyne Group (from Astorg), two global transmission and conveyor belting manufacturers
- Partners Group on its acquisition of Civica, a specialist IT system and outsourcing services company based in the UK, from OMERS Private Equity
- Cinven and CVC on their acquisition of the NewDay Group, a consumer finance provider specialising in the UK credit card market, from Värde Partners
- Permira on its minority investment in Klarna, a Nordic online payment services provider, the first investment of its new Growth Opportunities Fund
- Apax Partners on the M&A workstream of its dual track exit of Evry, a leading Nordic IT company, which resulted in a €1.2bn Initial Public Offering on the Oslo Stock Exchange
- THI Investments (a German pan-European family office) on various transactions including, (i) the co-investment in European Sperm Bank, a leading European provider of donor sperm and related fertility services, (ii) the acquisition of WJ Group, the UK’s leading specialist road marking business, (iii) the acquisition of Impact Food Group, a UK schools catering business, (iv) the acquisition of RE Panels SA, a European manufacturer of sandwich door panels, (v) the acquisition of Oxford International Education, a UK accredited independent education provider, and (vi) the acquisition of Corndel, a digital and management skills training provider in the UK*
* Experienced gained at previous firm.
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Contact details
- Clifford Chance, London
- +44 207006 2166
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- Practice area M&A corporate
- Sector Private equity
Career and qualifications
- Admitted as a solicitor in Queensland (Australia) 2012