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Tom Shropshire
Partner & Global Head, US Practice, Linklaters Politics, Law & Religion

For the past decade Tom has been a Corporate Partner
at Linklaters LLP, his practice focusing on complex
cross-border M&A, capital markets and corporate advisory
matters.
He is also co-head and one of the architects of the
Operational Intelligence Group (OIG) at Linklaters, which
advises clients on risk, regulation and governance. And, as
of May this year, he heads up the firm’s Global US Practice.
In his new role, Tom takes responsibility for further
developing the company’s reputation as one of the most
integrated cross-border US law practices. Commenting on
Tom’s appointment, Linklaters’ Firmwide Managing Partner
Gideon Moore said: “I am delighted to have Tom step into
this role. He is ideally placed to take our Global US Practice
forward. He has a unique mix of legal and commercial skills
and I am confident that Tom will do a tremendous job.”
Tom began his career at Linklaters in 1998 and has been
a US corporate partner in London since 2006. He focuses on
some of the market’s most high-profile and complex M&A
and equity capital markets transactions.
The new post will see Tom split his time between New
York and London, continuing to advise clients and retain his
Dr John Sentamu current client work in addition to his leadership role.

Archbishop of York Tom was a Steering Group Member of the Parker Review
(headed by Sir John Parker), which examined the need for
ethnic diversity in the boardroom and executive leadership
Leading prayers for the victims of the Manchester Arena of the UK FTSE 100.
terror attack in May, Archbishop Dr Sentamu was passionate The Parker Review – launched last November –
in his calls to break free of the ‘prison’ that fear creates. recommends that each FTSE 100 board should have at
“Nothing should divide us – not hatred,” he said, least one director of colour by 2021, and each FTSE 250 board
following the service at York’s Bishopthorpe Palace, where by 2024.
he shared a pulpit with the Archbishop of Canterbury and Tom also co-chairs Linklaters’ BME network.
Bishop of Manchester. “What unites us is our love, our care
our compassion and commitment to each other.
“Fear leads to greater fear and you can find yourselves
imprisoning yourselves in your own houses. Do not create a
prison of fear for yourself.”
As the second most senior cleric in the Church of England
after the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Sentamu has often
spoken out against social inequality. In a famous live
interview with Andrew Marr in 2007, he cut up his dog collar
in protest against Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe.
During this summer’s General Election he campaigned
alongside Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby over the
need to address poverty, education, housing and health.
Uganda-born Dr Sentamu graduated in law from Makerere
University, Kampala, and practised at the Bar and at the
Bench before coming to the UK in 1974 after falling foul of
Idi Amin.
He read theology at Selwyn College, Cambridge where
he gained a Masters Degree and a Doctorate. He trained
for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, then part of the
Cambridge Federation of Theological Colleges and was
ordained in 1979.
After serving in several parishes, predominantly in south
London, throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, he was
consecrated as the Bishop for Stepney in 1996. In 2005 he
was appointed Archbishop of York. He is Primate of England
and Metropolitan, a member of the House of Lords and a
Privy Councillor.

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