practice at Rose Walters LLP, based in the Edinburgh office. Qualifying in 2011, Thomas focuses on transactions in the technology and software sectors, advising both acquirers and target businesses through complex investment and exit processes. He recently advised a scale-up on its Series C-linked acquisition of a payments platform and led the buy-side team on a £65m acquisition of a specialty software vendor. Thomas frequently comments on investment trends in tech M&A and has spoken at industry events on deal structuring for software businesses. He is a keen hillwalker and plays club-level rugby.