Overview
Thomas W. McGee focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and strategic investments. He represents strategic and private equity buyers and sellers across a wide range of industries, with a significant focus in the sports, media, and entertainment industry. McDermott’s Sports practice was named “Practice Group of the Year” for 2025 by Law360.
Thomas also provides general corporate counseling to clients and portfolio companies and advises US public companies and foreign private issuers on securities law and stock exchange compliance matters, including the preparation of reporting forms and schedules.
Results
- Represented Monumental Sports & Entertainment, led by founder and chairman, Ted Leonsis, and owner of the NHL’s Washington Capitals and the NBA’s Washington Wizards, in strategic investment transactions with Arctos Partners and with the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)
- Represented Aditya Mittal and the trustees of the Mittal family trusts as significant investors in the buying group led by William Chisholm to acquire the NBA’s Boston Celtics, the largest sale of a US professional sports team in history
- Represented a private investor in a minority equity investment in the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers
- Represented a private investor in a minority equity investment in the NFL’s Buffalo Bills
- Represented Theresia Gouw, co-founder and managing partner of venture capital firm Acrew Capital, in her acquisition of an expansion franchise in the new professional volleyball league, Major League Volleyball
- 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
Credentials
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, JD, 2024
Colby College, BA, 2021
Admissions
District of Columbia
Languages
English
