Tom Godwin, Partner, Freshfields

Tom is a partner in our capital markets group, specialising in public and private capital markets transactions and advising listed companies. His experience includes equity offerings of all types, acting for issuers, underwriters, and private capital sellers, and recently includes acting for CVC on its €14bn IPO in Amsterdam, Haleon plc on the £2.4bn global offering by its largest shareholder and related £315m off-market buyback, the issuer and Goldman Sachs Asset Management on the IPO of Petershill Partners, and advising on capital raises by SSP, Grainger and National Express.