Tom McLaughlin
Partner
Overview
Overview
I’m a Partner in our Cayman Islands Corporate team. I specialise in capital markets, M&A, and debt and equity financing transactions.
My approach is pragmatic and commercially focused, and I advise sponsors, fund managers, investment banks, public companies, investment funds, and other corporates.
I have significant experience advising on a wide range of corporate and financing matters, including:
- operating company IPOs and the ongoing administration of public companies;
- secondary offerings
- special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) IPOs and business combinations;
- platform roll-ups;
- private and public company M&A transactions;
- early-stage capital raisings;
- corporate governance issues;
- joint venture arrangements;
- corporate structuring and shareholder matters;
- investment fund launches and downstream transactions;
- proprietary trading company structuring, particularly in relation to digital assets trading;
- collateralised loan obligations (CLOs) and other bankruptcy-remote structures;
- derivative transactions;
- debt capital markets issuances;
- fund financing;
- acquisition financing; and
- non-contentious debt and equity restructurings.
Prior to joining Mourant, I worked in New Zealand, New York, and the Cayman Islands, and was most recently a Partner in the Banking and Financial Markets team at Dentons New Zealand.
Work Highlights
Currently advising Armada Acquisition Corp. II, a SPAC sponsored by Arrington Capital, on its US$1 billion business combination with Evernorth Holdings Inc.
Currently advising NCB Financial Group on the sale of NCB (Cayman) Limited and a portfolio of discretionary investment management and advisory client contracts to Clarien Bank Limited.
Currently advising a number of both repeat and first-time sponsors on the terms of their (currently confidential) SPAC IPOs.
Currently advising a number of target companies on the terms of their (currently confidential) business combination transactions with SPACs.
Advised Pismo Holdings, a global cloud-native issuer processing and core banking platform headquartered in Brazil, on its US$1 billion acquisition by Visa (prior to joining Mourant).
Advised Churchill Capital Corp IX on its US$287.5 million SPAC IPO (prior to joining Mourant).
Advised Compass Group, an independent asset management and advisory firm in Latin America with US$37 billion in assets under management and advisory, on its strategic business combination with Nasdaq-listed Vinci Partners Investments Ltd (prior to joining Mourant).
Advised Colombier Acquisition Corp. II on its US$170 million SPAC IPO (prior to joining Mourant).
Advised a number of businesses based around the world, including in Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, on their IPOs and ongoing corporate matters.
Advised the initial purchasers and lenders in connection with the offering by subsidiaries of Borr Drilling Limited of US$1.54 billion of senior secured notes and a separate US$180 million super senior revolving credit facility (prior to joining Mourant).
Advised a Latin America-based energy group on a US$2 billion court-supervised debt restructuring (prior to joining Mourant).
Professional qualifications
2022
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2012
2012
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