Tom Fitzpatrick
Partner
Email: tom.fitzpatrick@dickinson-dees.com
Tel: (0191) 279 9494
Fax: (0191) 279 9100
St. Ann's Wharf
112 Quayside
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3DX
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Expertise
- Corporate & Private Equity.
Mergers, sales and acquisitions, management buyouts, joint ventures and venture capital
Experience
Parkdean Holidays plc
£213m public to private takeover funded by Alchemy Partners (acting for management) (2006)
Northgate plc
£129m acquisition of Arriva Vehicle Rental (2006)
Northern Venture Managers
MBOs of Envirotec, Direct Valeting and Abermed Industrial Doctors (2004 - 2006)
Grainger Trust plc
Central & Eastern European property joint ventures (2004 - 2006)
AGMA plc
Sale of Haltwhistle chemical business to Linchem (2005)
Lloyds TSB Development Capital
MBO of Aesica Pharmaceuticals from BASF (2004)
InRotis Technologies
Investment by RAB Capital (2004)
NBGI Private Equity
£32m secondary buyout of Brownhills Motor Homes (2003)
HSS Hire Services
£145m buyout funded by 3i (acting for management) (2003)
MGM Mirage
Joint venture with Newcastle United plc (2003)
Sofa Workshop
Sale by Piper Private Equity to MFI Furniture Group plc (2002)
Alchemy Partners
$16.5m acquisition of Elevon by Cedar, investments in Centric Telecom and £25m recommended offer for Novara plc (2001 – 2002)
John Laing Homes plc
Restructuring & MBI of Octagon Developments with Bank of Scotland (2001)
True Potential LLP
LLP arrangements and start-up advice for financial services platform business (2007)
Grainger plc
£72m recommended cash offer for The Capital Appreciation Trust (Isle of Man) plc (2007)
One NorthEast
Establishment of NEL Growth Fund (2006)
Positive Solutions (Financial Services) Limited
Variation to put and call option arrangements with Aegon UK plc & advising on incentive arrangements (2005 - 2007)
Additional Information
Tom gained more than seven years’ experience at London private equity law firms Macfarlanes and SJ Berwin before joining Dickinson Dees in June 2004.
He is closely involved with private equity houses such as NVM, LDC, Bridges, GIMV, ISIS, Inflexion, NStar, Primary and Northern Enterprise and has also acted for 3i, Advent, Alchemy, Alta Partners, Apax, MTI, NBGI, NIF Ventures, Piper, Strathdon & TVM.