Tom Haywood has joined Wake Smith Solicitors.
Haywood (pictured, right) joins the growing five-strong corporate team in Sheffield as an associate solicitor.
He will deal with a variety of corporate and commercial matters, including sales and purchases of businesses, MBOs/MBIs, partnerships, and shareholder and partnership agreements, along with general corporate finance matters.
He will also advise both businesses and individuals on terms of business and other contractual issues along with Wake Smith directors Duncan Shepherd, John Baddeley (pictured, left) and Rebecca Robinson, as well as solicitor Amelia Vaughan and trainee Joseph Creasor.
The announcement is the latest in a series of strategic appointments strengthening Wake Smith’s legal offering and comes as the firm celebrates its 220th year in business.
Haywood said: “I really felt that Wake Smith’s aims’ matched mine. There are great opportunities for growth and the firm has an excellent reputation for its corporate and commercial work.
“This is an ambitious firm with ambitions to grow and develop.”
Baddeley, chairman and director in the corporate team at Wake Smith, said of Haywood’s appointment: “He is a talented individual and an outstanding young dealmaker through his work on corporate and commercial matters, including management buyouts and the sale and acquisition of businesses.
“We look forward to seeing his great initiative and dedication to clients on a daily basis at Wake Smith, as he showcases his skills as a go-to specialist in corporate law.”
Haywood joins Wake Smith from a local law firm where he spent four years, rising to an associate solicitor in the corporate, commercial and insolvency team.
He read Law at the University of Durham and obtained his legal practice course at the University of Sheffield before joining two well regarded law firms.
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