Ayo Thomas

Ayo Thomas is a skilled corporate lawyer currently serving as an Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates since August 2025. Prior to this role, Ayo worked at Linklaters from September 2020 to August 2025, focusing on Corporate/M&A within the private equity and financial sponsors group. Ayo's legal training includes diverse experience as a Trainee Solicitor at Linklaters, with rotations in Corporate M&A, Banking (Restructuring & Insolvency), Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT)/Intellectual Property (IP), and Corporate M&A on secondment to Linklaters Abu Dhabi. Ayo holds a BA in Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford, an MSc in Law, Business & Finance from The University of Law, and a Certificat supérieur de droit français & européen from Paris-Pantheon-Assas University. Ayo also received an Academic Scholarship & Bursary while attending Whitgift School.