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

• Acquisition by Blackstone Consortium
• Acquisition by Precision Castparts , (2006)
• Acquisition of Supermarket News
• Acquisition of AGENCY.COM
• Acquisition of Avon Oil Refinery
• Acquisition of BiPar Sciences , (2009)
• Acquisition of CenterPoint Properties Trust
• Acquisition of Ceramics Division of Johnson Matthey
• Acquisition of Global Election Systems
• Acquisition of Hanley Wood
• Acquisition of Organic, Inc.
• Acquisition of PRIMEDIA Business Information Unit
• Acquisition of Thiokol Propulsion
• Acquisition of Westland Development
• Alliance with Fiat
• Buyout
• Formation of Reynolds American
• Investment in Omega Healthcare
• MBO of A.T. Kearney consulting business
• Mediaport Joint Venture
• Merger with Bass PLC
• Merger with Kerr-McGee
• Merger with Valero Energy
• Sale of Interest in Prism Business Media
• Sale of Michigan Refining and Marketing Business
• Sale of Organic
• Sale of Ryder Public Transportation Services
• Seneca Investments Joint Venture

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

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• U of Virginia- C'ville (Main)

Address

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New York, NY 10017-6702

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