Craig Thompson

Head of International and Corporate Partner at Forsters LLP

London, England, United Kingdom

About

Craig is head of Forsters' Corporate team specialising in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements and commercial contracts. His clients are diverse including corporate real estate clients, family offices, high net worth individuals and entrepreneurs. A significant proportion of clients are international. He is noted for his problem solving and commercially astute approach to transactions. He enjoys being immersed in his client's businesses and partnering with them to achieve their strategic objectives. Craig is a member of the IBA and is focused on building and developing relationships with international firms. Craig trained at London City firm, SJ Berwin & Co., qualifying into their corporate practice in 1994. He was a partner at Olswang and Howard Kennedy before joining Forsters in 2011.

Experience

  • Forsters ()
    • International Corporate Partner
      Oct 2011 - Present · 14 yrs 10 mos

    • Head of Corporate
      Apr 2019 - Jun 2023 · 4 yrs 3 mos

  • Corporate Partner at Howard Kennedy
    2005 - Oct 2011 · 6 yrs 10 mos

  • Olswang (7 yrs 1 mo)
    • Corporate Partner
      2000 - 2003 · 3 yrs

    • Associate Lawyer
      1996 - 2000 · 4 yrs

  • Associate Lawyer at SJ Berwin
    Sep 1992 - Mar 1996 · 3 yrs 7 mos