McDermott Will & Schulte, a global law firm

As the co-head of the Capital Markets practice, Tom represents public and private companies, underwriters and other sources of capital, corporate boards and board committees, and corporate executives. He advises US- and foreign-based public companies on issues relating to mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, strategic investments, spin-offs, public and private offerings of securities (including initial public offerings (IPOs)), disclosure, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting, corporate governance, executive compensation, and the stock exchange-listed company rules.

Tom is also rated in Chambers USA and The Legal 500 for his M&A work, and is cited for being a “strong M&A lawyer who anticipates clients’ needs, exhibits strong management over deals, and translates his breadth of knowledge in a way that clients can easily understand and use.”

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• Represented an investor in the acquisition of a minority interest in the consortium led by Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore for the purchase of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves and WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx
• Represented Calvin Ford in the acquisition of a controlling stake in Livingston Football Club, a member of the Scottish Premiership League and a minority stake in SS Ulm 1846 of the German Bundesliga
• Represented Monumental Sports & Entertainment, led by founder and chairman Ted Leonsis, and owner of the Washington Capitals NHL Hockey team and the Washington Wizards NBA basketball team in strategic investment transactions with the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and Jeff Skoll, the founder of eBay
• Represented an investor in the Arctos-led consortium to acquire a minority stake in the NFL’s Buffalo Bills from the controlling owner in the first-ever investment by a PE firm in the NFL
• Represented an investor in the Josh Harris-led consortium in their record-breaking US $6.05 billion acquisition of the NFL’s Washington Commanders
• Represented global sports apparel and footwear company, Fila, and leading Korean private equity firm, Mirae Asset, in the $1.225 billion acquisition of Acushnet Company, the leading golf equipment company (Titleist and Footjoy) from Fortune Brands (NYSE: FO)

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Represented Declaration Partners, a private investment firm, in its acquisition of a majority stake in CP Group, a leading designer, manufacturer, and integrator of advanced material recovery facilities and sorting technologies and CP Group’s cross-border acquisition of Recycleye Ltd. In the UK
• Represented Declaration Partners, a private investment firm, in connection with the sale of New Frontier Materials to Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM)
• Represented AdTheorent (NASDAQ: ADTH), a machine learning pioneer delivering measurable value for programmatic advertisers, in its $325 million sale to Cadent, LLC, a leading provider of platform-based converged TV advertising solutions
• Represented Urgo Hotels & Resorts in connection with its sale to Hersha Hospitality Management
• Represented entrepreneur Eugene Kashper in the acquisition of Pabst Brewing Company, maker of iconic American beer brands
• Represented Dogfish Head Brewing Company in its $300 million merger with The Boston Beer Company (NYSE: SAM)
• Represented Duvel Moortgat N.V., Belgium’s second-largest brewing company, in its acquisition of Boulevard Brewing Company, a Kansas City-based craft beer company and its acquisition of Firestone-Walker Brewing Company, a Paso Robles-based craft beer company

Capital Markets

• Represented AirSculpt Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRS), a national provider of body contouring procedures under the brand, Elite Body Sculpture, and AirSculpt’s majority stockholder Vesey Street Capital Partners, in the $90 million IPO of AirSculpt Technologies, as well as in its follow-on equity offerings and the establishment of an at-the-market equity facility
• Represented Travis Boersma, founder of Dutch Bros. Coffee (NYSE: BROS), a drive-through coffee chain, in its $550 million IPO
• Represented Akumin (NASDAQ: AKU), a national leader in comprehensive outpatient radiology and oncology solutions, in its initial NASDAQ listing and subsequent redomestication from Ontario to Delaware

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