Fladgate—Tessa Trevelyan Thomas

City law firm Fladgate announces the appointment of M&A partner Tessa Trevelyan Thomas to its corporate practice.

Tessa has extensive experience working with clients on a broad range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including public takeovers, the UK Takeover Code, private M&A, private equity investments and disposals, joint ventures and reorganisations.

In recent years, Tessa has developed a specialist practice advising on ecommerce and Amazon aggregation M&A, acting for both businesses acquiring Amazon and other ecommerce brands and ecommerce service providers, as well as sellers of ecommerce brands and services, Amazon FBA and other DTC businesses.

Commenting on her appointment, Tessa said: 'Fladgate is well known in the market for advising entrepreneurial clients in fast-moving and growing sectors, and I am excited to be joining and adding to this alongside my new partners and colleagues.'

David Robinson, partner and head of corporate at Fladgate, commented: 'Tessa’s arrival is another important hire for our firm. Her experience and specialisms, particularly concerning ecommerce M&A, highlight our commitment to working at the forefront of emerging sectors and areas of law.'

Grant Gordon, managing partner at Fladgate, commented: 'Research among over 250 of our clients shows that entrepreneurial and ‘trend initiator’ clients say we out-perform other law firms in terms of the service they require. This is a real differentiator for Fladgate and Tessa’s appointment deepens our ability to attract the high growth businesses of the future.'

Fladgate’s Corporate M&A practice was ranked in the top tier in both the Legal 500 and Chambers Guides for 2023, and advises clients from start-ups to major listed corporates across sectors such as technology, finance, real estate, energy and renewables, and bio-tech.

Tessa’s appointment follows the recent hires this year of commercial outsourcing and tech Partner Nathan Evans and regulatory disputes Partner Douglas Cherry. Tessa joins Fladgate, becoming the 17^th lateral hire since the start of 2021, as it continues an accelerated hiring programme and ambitious growth strategy – it posted 32% growth in revenue in the last financial year.