Bark, Thomas W.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Thomas Bark has acted as the principal outside lawyer on numerous M&A, private equity, and venture capital transactions in his 18 years in practice. His experience includes representing U.S. and non-U.S. clients in cross-border and joint venture transactions. He regularly represents clients in negotiated mergers and auctions for public and private companies.

Thomas has served as the lead lawyer in a wide variety of transactions, most recently representing sanofi-aventis in its acquisition of BiPar Sciences for up to $500 million, Grameen Bank in its joint venture with Banco Inbursa and Fundación Carlos Slim, Savills in its acquisition of Granite Partners, Wasserstein & Co. in the sale of 50 percent of its interest in Prism Business Media Holdings to MidOcean Partners, and Celgene Corporation in its purchase of Series C and Series D preferred shares in GlobeImmune.

The private equity funds with which Thomas has worked include Wasserstein & Co., MidOcean Partners, RLJ Funds, The Hampstead Group, and Saunders Karp & Megrue.

Thomas is a frequent speaker on director duties for The Conference Board. He is the pro bono coordinator for the Firm's New York Office and an advisor to numerous art and community-based charitable organizations.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances

Representative Cases

• Alliant Techsystems acquires Thiokol Propulsion
• Bristol Hotel merges with Bass
• CalEast acquires CenterPoint Properties Trust for $3.4 billion , (2009)
• Celgene Collaborates with GlobeImmune , (2009)
• Charity auction raises over $13,000 for the Children's Aid Society in New York , (2009)
• Diebold acquires Global Election Systems
• EDS sells business unit of A.T. Kearney
• Explorer Holdings invests in Omega Healthcare
• Female entrepreneurs bring ice cream to Rwanda , (2008)
• General Motors dissolves alliance with Fiat , (2009)
• Grameen Aval Colombia is the first Colombian entity to be operated directly by Grameen Trust , (2009)
• Grameen Bank receives assistance in forming joint venture and other corporate matters and intellectual property rights to offer microcredit loans to Mexico's poor , (2009)
• Omnicom Group forms joint venture, Mediaport
• Omnicom Group forms joint venture, Seneca Investments
• Oryx Energy merges with Kerr-McGee
• Pamplona Capital acquires business unit from Johnson Matthey , (2009)
• PILPG, acting as a global law firm, provides legal assistance to states and governments involved in conflicts
• Prism Business Media acquires Supermarket News
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco combines with BAT's Brown & Williamson to form Reynolds American , (2009)
• Ryder System sells Ryder Public Transportation Services
• sanofi-aventis acquires BiPar Sciences , (2009)
• Seneca Investments acquires AGENCY.com
• Seneca Investments acquires remaining shares of Organic, Inc.
• Seneca Investments sells common stock of Organic, Inc.
• Special Metals acquired by Precision Castparts for $540 million
• SunCal Co. acquires Westland Development for $250 million
• UICI completes sale to Blackstone
• Ultramar Diamond Shamrock acquires Avon oil refinery for $650 million from Tosco
• Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corp sells Michigan refining and marketing business
• Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation merges with Valero Energy
• Wasserstein & Co. acquires Hanley Wood
• Wasserstein & Co. entity acquires PRIMEDIA's Business Information unit for $385 million
• Wasserstein & Co. sells interest in Prism Business Media to MidOcean Partners
• Wasserstein & Co. acquires certain assets of Natural Products , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations

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• New York

Education

• Louisiana S Univ- Baton Rouge
• U of Virginia- C'ville (Main)

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