Representative matters for which Tom has had primary responsibility include:

Capital Markets and Securities

• REIT conversion and restructuring of $10 billion NYSE-listed real estate operating company.
• $840 million underwritten public equity offering for a NYSE-listed national real estate company.
• $220 million private placement of perpetual convertible preferred stock for a NYSE-listed national real estate company.
• $200 million private placement of convertible senior notes for a NYSE-listed national real estate company.
• $200 million private placement of puttable senior equity-linked notes for a NYSE-listed national real estate company.
• $330 million underwritten public equity offering for a NYSE-listed national real estate company.
• $250 million underwritten public debt offering by a NASDAQ-listed business-services company (underwriters’ counsel).
• $500 million underwritten public debt offering by a NASDAQ-listed business-services company (underwriters’ counsel).
• $650 million underwritten public debt offering by a NYSE-listed manufacturer of printing and imaging equipment and software.
• Multi-state private placements of limited liability company member interests in connection with exchange of interests in 30 regional enclosed shopping malls.
• $480 million public offering for a publicly held medical technology company in connection with acquisition of a NYSE-listed medical technology company.
• Initial and follow-on public offerings for a medical technology company.

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Acquisition by a NYSE-listed polymer services company of a privately held specialty coatings manufacturer.
• Acquisition by an international provider of power services of a power plant management business.
• Acquisition by a generation and transmission cooperative of a gas-fired peaker electrical generating facility from an investor-owned public utility.
• Acquisition by a NASDAQ-listed industrial application equipment manufacturer of a privately held dispensing systems manufacturer.
• Sale of a national automotive service center chain in bankruptcy court auction.
• Sale by a NYSE-listed diversified industrial manufacturer of an air control valve business.
• Sale by a super-regional bank holding company of its defined contribution pension plan record-keeping business.
• Acquisition by a NYSE-listed diversified industrial manufacturer of the industrial and hydraulic hose and tubing business of a NYSE-listed manufacturer of vehicle modules, systems and components.
• $1.25 billion consolidation of a NYSE-listed polymer services company with another NYSE-listed polymer services company.
• Sale by a Japanese chemical manufacturer of its biochemical research business.
• $500 million sale by a Japanese chemical manufacturer of its worldwide agricultural chemical business to a British pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturer.
• $490 million sale by a super-regional bank holding company of its mortgage servicing business.

Joint Ventures

• Two joint ventures for the development and operation of open-air shopping centers in suburban Cleveland.
• Joint venture between a national shopping center developer and a NYSE-listed REIT for operation of million-plus square foot super-regional mall and adjacent shopping centers in North Carolina.
• Joint venture between a national shopping center developer and a NYSE-listed REIT for the development and operation of a million-plus square foot open-air shopping center in Florida Gulf Coast region.
• Joint venture between a NYSE-listed diversified industrial manufacturer and a NYSE-listed heavy industrial equipment manufacturer for the manufacture of generator/paralleling switchgear and automatic transfer switches.
• $1 billion (book value of assets) joint venture between a NYSE-listed polymer services company and a NYSE-listed chemical company involving 12 chemical plants and a related acquisition of two chemical plants.