Thomas advises clients on a wide range of matters, including business sales and purchases, shareholder agreements and articles of association, corporate reorganisations, preparation for sales and employee incentive schemes. He works closely with SMEs across all sectors, with particular experience advising clients within IT industry, including Microsoft resellers, cloud service providers, IT managed service businesses and SaaS providers.

Thomas has a strong specialism in employee incentives, regularly advising on enterprise management incentives (EMIs), long-term incentive plans (LTIPs), growth shares and unapproved share option schemes.

Thomas joined Russell-Cooke in 2025 from a City firm, having previously spent ten years at a large regional firm.

• Advised on the sale of a Microsoft solutions business to a leading European provider
• Acted on the distressed acquisition of a Microsoft licence reseller by a major UK-based outsourced services company
• Supported the sale of a managed IT services firm to a listed national IT services provider
• Advised on the sale of a cloud services company to a major US-based managed services group
• Acted on the sale of a managed IT provider to a private equity-backed national group
• Advised on the sale of a prominent outsourced services company to an international acquirer
• Structured and implemented an EMI growth share scheme as part of investment into a leading South of England-based managed services provider
• Advised on EMI scheme setup and shareholder arrangements for an early-stage cyber security company
• Implemented growth share and shareholder structures for a well-established HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) business
• Developed and rolled out a long-term incentive plan (LTIP) for a listed SaaS technology company
• Structured a cross-border long-term bonus plan for a SaaS provider
• Advised on long-term incentive bonus arrangements for a major cyber security business
• Structured share-based exit arrangements for a senior executive at an international plant and machinery company
• Advised on executive exit share arrangements at a global technology business
• Drafted and negotiated joint venture agreements for a high-value central London property investment
• Advised on multiple joint venture deals for property developments funded by a family office
• Structured the reorganisation and demerger of a £300m property portfolio
• Supported the reorganisation and pre-sale structuring of a £100m outsourced IT company
• Acted in a shareholder dispute concerning board control and share valuation issues
• Drafted a range of shareholder governance documents, including bespoke Shareholders’ Agreements and Articles of Association

• The Law Society of England and Wales