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Thomas Mark is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department and focuses on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, private equity and general corporate and securities law.

Experience

Thomas has advised on significant M&A, investment and offering related matters for the following clients:

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

  • NanoString Technologies, Inc. in the bankruptcy court-supervised sale of its assets to Bruker Corporation and in the initial stalkinghorse asset purchase agreement with Patient Square Capital
  • Near Intelligence in its bankruptcy court-supervised sale of its assets to Blue Torch Finance 
  • Clovis Oncology, Inc. in the bankruptcy court-supervised asset sale of its cancer drug Rubraca to pharma& Schweiz GmbH
  • Antara Capital in its investment and related debt-for-equity exchange transactions with Arrival
  • Clovis Oncology, Inc. in the bankruptcy court-supervised asset sale of its targeted radionuclide therapy program to Novartis
  • Akorn in the sale of seven branded ophthalmic products to Théa
  • PaperSource in connection with the sale of its assets in bankruptcy to Elliott Investment Management, a transaction named “Consumer Staples Deal of the Year” at the 2021 M&A Advisor Awards
  • Vela Trading in connection with its sale to Marlin Equity
  • Diligent in its acquisition of ESG software leader Accuvio
  • Diligent in its acquisition of Galvanize, a SaaS governance, risk, and compliance software provider
  • Diligent in its acquisition of Steele Compliance Solutions, Inc., an ethics and compliance SaaS provider
  • Curo Group in connection with the merger of Katapult Holding, Inc. with FinServ Acquisition Corp., a SPAC
  • CSAT Solutions in its sale to Insight Equity
  • Kony in connection with its sale to Temenos
  • Icynene and FFL Partners in connection with Icynene’s acquisition of Lapolla Industries
  • Ryerson in connection with its acquisition of Central Steel & Wire
  • Vela Trading in connection with its acquisition of OptionsCity Software
  • Insight Venture Partners in its acquisition of Diligent, a take-private transaction
  • Diligent in connection with numerous add-on acquisitions, including Manzama and Boardroom Resources
  • Syncsort in its acquisition by Clearlake Capital Group
  • Net Access in its sale to Cologix
  • Kony in its acquisition of Pivotus from Umpqua Bank
  • Symplr in its recapitalization lead by The CapStreet Group
  • Aralez Pharmaceuticals in connection with its acquisition of cardiovascular drug Zontivity from Merck
  • Time Warner and Turner Broadcasting, Inc. in Turner Broadcasting’s acquisition of iStreamPlanet
  • HealthcareSource in its sale to Francisco Partners
  • Colony Financial, Inc. in its acquisition of Cobalt Capital Partners and its highly diversified portfolio of 256 primarily light industrial assets
  • Santa Barbara Tax Products Group in its sale to Green Dot Corporation
  • iParadigms in its sale to Insight Venture Partners and GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, from majority owner Warburg Pincus
  • JHP Pharmaceuticals and Warburg Pincus in Warburg Pincus’ sale of JHP to Par Pharmaceutical
  • OnTargetJobs in its sale to Dice Holdings
  • Clovis Oncology in its acquisition of EOS (Ethical Oncology Science) S.p.A.
  • Scotsman Industries and Warburg Pincus in the sale of Scotsman to the ALI Group
  • ITC Nexus in its acquisition of Accumetrics
  • CAI in its acquisition of PCS-CTS
  • GHX Industrial in its sale to United Central Industrial Supply
  • RG Steel in the sale of substantially all of its assets in bankruptcy
  • Turner Broadcasting System in its acquisition of Bleacher Report
  • Telcordia Technologies, Providence Equity Partners and Warburg Pincus in the sale of Telcordia to Ericsson
  • Level 3 Communications in its acquisitions of TelCove and Telverse Communications
  • The joint venture of América Móvil and Teléfonos de Mexico in the venture’s proposed acquisition of Verizon’s interest in CANTV
  • 3i in its acquisition of Hilite International
  • Teléfonos de Mexico in the sale of its equity interest in MCI to Verizon
  • Globe Specialty Metals in its sale of its Brazilian operations to Dow Corning and the establishment of a joint venture with Dow Corning at Globe’s West Virginia silicon metal facility
  • Pharmion in its sale to Celgene
  • Pharmion in connection with its acquisition of Cabrellis Pharmaceuticals
  • Deutsche Bank as financial advisors in the merger of Ticketmaster and Live Nation
  • Merrill Lynch as financial advisor to Dubai International Capital in connection with its investment in Och-Zifff Capital Management
  • eToys in its acquisition of BabyUniverse
  • Brookfield Asset Management in its cornerstone investment in General Growth Properties and its subsequent acquisition of an additional ownership interest in General Growth Properties
  • Stiefel Laboratories in connection with its acquisitions of Connetics Corporation and Barrier Therapeutics; and in its sale to GlaxoSmithKline
  • Warburg Pincus in connection with its acquisition of Scotsman Industries
  • Adelphia Communications in connection with its bankruptcy restructuring
  • Hampshire Group in connection with its sale of its Shane Hunter division

SECURITIES OFFERINGS

  • Clovis Oncology in connection with its at-the-market equity offering programs in 2021
  • Curo Group Holdings in its 144A offering of senior secured notes
  • Clovis Oncology in its initial public offering and its subsequent follow-on and secondary offerings of common stock in 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021
  • Clovis Oncology in its public offering and 144A offering of convertible senior notes in 2014, 2018, 2019 and 2020
  • Curo Group Holdings and the selling stockholders in a secondary offering of common stock
  • Pharmion Corporation in its initial public offering and subsequent follow-on offerings of common stock
  • American Campus Communities in its initial public offering of common stock
  • Level 3 Communications in its various public offerings of common stock, senior notes and senior convertible notes
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals in various public offerings of senior notes and senior convertible debentures
  • Telcordia Technologies in its Rule 144A offering of senior notes
  • Martin Marietta Materials in its public offering of senior notes
  • The underwriters in Synageva’s public offering of its common stock
  • The underwriters in Strategic Hotels’ public offering of its common stock
  • The underwriters in Inspire Pharmaceutical’s various public offerings of common stock
  • The underwriters in Lennar’s various public and Rule 144A offerings of senior notes
  • The initial purchasers in LNR Property’s various Rule 144A offerings of senior convertible notes

PRIVATE EQUITY

  • Clovis Oncology in connection with its clinical trial financing facility with TPG Sixth Street Partners
  • Kony in connection with Diebold Nixdorf’s investment in Kony
  • Time Warner in its equity investments in Central European Media Enterprises (CME) in 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2009, and with CME’s rights offering and related financing transactions in 2014
  • Stiefel Laboratories in connection with Blackstone’s equity investment in Stiefel
  • Dililgent in connection with its divided recapitalization and investment by Clearlake Capital
  • Warburg Pincus in connection with its equity investment in Cortview Capital
  • Insight Venture Partners in connection with a number of private equity investments
  • Clovis Oncology in connection with multiple rounds of equity and debt financing by venture capital firms and Pfizer
  • The management team of Sedgwick Claims Management in connection with its sale to KKR
  • Soros Fund Management in connection with its equity investment in Salt Creek Hospitality
  • A family office in connection with a number of private equity investments

Credentials

Education


Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2001 Columbia University, B.A., 1997

Bar Admissions


New York, 2003