Tom is a partner in and head of the tax department at Shoosmiths. He heads up the firm’s enterprise investment scheme (EIS) and venture capital trusts (VCT) tax practice. Tom is one of the UK’s leading experts in this field and has extensive experience advising a wide range of investors and investee companies on structuring and implementing tax efficient investments, reorganisations and exits in compliance with the EIS and VCT regimes. Tom acts on over 200 VCT and EIS investments a year for both investors and companies alike. Investor clients include the likes of Octopus Ventures, Gresham House Asset Management, Beringea LLP, Triple Point, MMC Ventures, Calculus Capital Limited, Seneca Investment Partners and Maven Capital Partners LLP.
Shoosmiths has been a finalist in the ‘Best EIS/SEIS Tax Adviser of the year’ category at the EISA Awards every year since 2017 and won in 2024 for its expertise in this area and its work in promoting the industry through speaking at key investor events, thought leadership and active involvement in technical aspects of EIS/SEIS advice.
In addition, Tom has substantial experience of providing tax advice to companies and individuals on both one-off business transactions and on-going compliance. Tom is also a qualified Chartered Tax Adviser, a member of the EIS Association’s Tax and Technical Committee, and a member of the AIC’s VCT Technical Committee.