About us
The Partners of Mackay Carter Shaw LLP are Tom Mackay and Jennifer Carter Shaw who have worked together for over 15 years. They bring a wealth of experience to this exciting new venture.
Tom's career:
- Over 20 years as a corporate/commercial solicitor in private practice mainly as a partner in international law firms in the City plus 15 years as head of legal departments at 3i PLC and the London Stock Exchange.
Tom has been fortunate to experience a number of firsts. Illustrations of these include:
- When Tom was at 3i PLC they were controlled by Bank of England and UK clearing banks and were hugely innovative during a period when they grew their business to about 4,000 investments. When the concept of management buy outs in the UK was being developed Tom acted as the investment lawyer on the first two true management buy outs in the UK. The idea then of MBOs was to release the energy of experienced middle management by finding structures to make them truly motivated to succeed.
- While at the London Stock Exchange one of Tom's projects was acting as lead lawyer rewriting the Listing Rules where he worked on making it more accessible and understandable to a broader range of adviser.
- When he became a partner in private practice he was encouraged by his friends at the Exchange to qualify also as a Sponsor and acted as solicitor and Sponsor for 5 companies to the Main Market.
- He automated the production of a prospectus and was the first lawyer to put a prospectus on the web which was compliant with UK legal requirements.
- During the dot.com era, Tom worked on a lot of fundraisings for internet companies. When he was making money from software engineers one of his clients persuaded him to give something back and he set up Tomslaw as a website giving free precedent documents to entrepreneurs and their investors.
- He set up FiSMA on a not-for-profit basis helping entrepreneurs communicate with investors.
Tom is experienced in corporate and financial services law and has served on numerous government and Law Society committees.
Jennifer's career:
Jennifer was born in England and trained in London, Belgium and Germany and qualified as a solicitor in the City of London. She became a partner in private practice in London ten years ago with a focus on advising entrepreneurs and their growing companies.
Jennifer has for all of her career specialised in both commercial legal agreements and corporate finance transactional work. She advises on all commercial law concerns affecting entrepreneurs including supply agreements and IT agreements, with a specialised knowledge of European law.
She has a wealth of experience in corporate work with a focus on private capital.
She is a published author on capital financing for small and large companies. Previously, Jennifer was a member of the technical legal committee of the QCA, a lobby group representing smaller quoted companies.
