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Thomas F. Grohman

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Tom Grohman counsels clients with regard to their business needs, business transactions and general corporate matters. He represents both U.S. and foreign-based buyers and sellers of private and public companies.

Tom regularly advises on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital transactions, joint ventures and cross-border business acquisitions.

Experience

WMIH Corp.
Strategic Investment by KKR
WMIH Corp.
$600M Private Offering of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
WMIH Corp.
Payoff of $130M First and Second Lien Notes and Discharge of Indenture
$55M Investment in Inrix, Inc.
Stock Sale to C.H. Guenther & Son, Inc.
Equity Investment in Bonobos, Inc. Merchandise Line
Westminster Cracker Company, Inc.
Acquisition of Dr. Lucy's
Dexter & Chaney, Inc.
Buyout and Recapitalization by Pamlico Capital
Sale of Alaska Business to White Mountain Beverage, LLC
Advanced H2O, LLC
Sale to HM Advanced Holdings, LLC
Java Trading Co.
Sale to Distant Lands Trading Company
KAREC FCI, Inc.
Sale and Related Transactions With Bentall U.S. Limited Partnership and Rushmore Partners LLC
Private Equity
Purchase of Essential Baking Company
Metropolitan Travel, Inc.
Sale to Expedia, Inc.
ImageX.com, Inc.
Sale to Kinko’s, Inc.
Highwire, Inc.
Sale to Galileo International, Inc.
ImageX.com, Inc.
Acquisition of CreativePro.com, Inc.
$210M Sale of Façonnable Fashion House to M1 Group
Enchanted Parks
$19.3M Sale of Park to Six Flags, Inc.
Majiq Inc.
Sale to TietoEnator, Inc.
Hanson Building Materials America, LLC
Acquisition of Assets From Hydro Conduit Corporation
Doellken-Woodtape, Inc.
Sale of Wood Products Division to Edgemate, Inc.
Nura, Inc.
Acquisition of Primal, Inc.
Brokk Inc.
Acquisition of North American Sales, Inc. and Pneuma-O-Ring International
Acquisition of Majority Interest in Just Jeffrey, Inc. and JKS Enterprises
Advanced H2O, LLC
Private Stock Financing and Purchase of Bottling and Production Facilities From CC Beverage
Hanson Building Materials America, LLC
Acquisition of Pacific International Pipe Enterprises, Inc. & Subsidiary
Sale of Distribution Rights to Anheuser-Busch of Washington, Inc.
Alaska Distributors Co.
Sale of Washington Business to Columbia Distributors
$20M Sale to Acorn Growth Companies
EPI Realty, Inc.
Restructure of Wild Waves Theme Park
ImageX.com, Inc.
Sale of Extensis, Inc. to CelartemTechnology, USA, Inc.
Washington Partners, Inc.
Sale of Seattle Business to Jones Lang LaSalle
Intercoastal, Inc.
Sale to Herndon Products, Inc.
Investment in Peek, Aren't You Curious?
Prime Advisors, Inc.
Sale to Sun Life Financial (U.S.) Investments LLC
SanMar Corporation
Acquisition of Elcatex LLC
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Sale of Frank Russell Company to the London Stock Exchange Group
Advanced H2O, LLC
Sale to LaSalle Capital
Enchanted Parks, Inc.
Acquisition of CNL Lifestyle Properties by EPR Properties
Abacus Engineered Systems, Inc.
Sale to Schnieder Electric
SanMar Corporation
$75.5M Acquisition and Licensing Arrangement of OGIO Products
Kennedy Associates Real Estate Counsel, Inc.
Sale to Bentall U.S. Limited Partnership
DataChannel, Inc.
Sale to Netegrity, Inc.
Co-Counsel in Acquisition of Rainbow Child Care Centers (150 locations)
$285M Acquisition of Weyerhaeuser's Longview Liquid-Packaging Business
Series C Financing
Lundberg, LLC
Sale of Business
Formation of Joint Venture With Flexsys, Inc.
Sale of Business
Acquisition by Monarch Landscaping Holdings
Series B Financing
$275M Credit Facility for Acquisition
Strategic Acquisition
Affiliation and Asset Transfer
Sale by Merger to Intelerad Medical Systems
Sale of Business to Opus Agency
Acquisition by GenScript Biotech Corp.
$310M Acquisition of Sid Richardson Carbon, Ltd.
Financing, Acquisition and Development Activities

Community Involvement

King County Bar Association, Corporate Counsel Section

Gonzaga Law School Commercial Law Center, Former Member, Board of Advisors

Thought Leadership

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Practices & Industries

Corporate, Securities, and M&A
Transportation

Education

New York University, LL.M., 1979
Gonzaga University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1978
Seattle University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1975

Admission

Washington

Honors

Chambers® USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Corporate/Commercial (2016)

Listed as one of Puget Sound’s top lawyers who completed “regions biggest deals of 2010,” Puget Sound Business Journal (February 25, 2011)

Recommended in PLC Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook (2007-2008)

AV Preeminent® in Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™

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