About Thomas Woolsey III

Thomas Woolsey serves as Co-Chair of the Texas Corporate Practice. He has deep experience advising clients with mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, financings, and debt and equity offerings in transactions ranging in value from $5M to $1B+. Thomas advises clients in transactions that involve a broad range of industries, including health care, software and technology, energy, manufacturing and construction, real estate, and food and beverage. His clients include private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, operating companies, and management teams. Thomas serves as outside general counsel by many of his clients and he counsels them in their most complex business transactions and strategic objectives. He is known for his responsiveness and practical approach.

Thomas also represents many clients in connection with cross-border transactions. He provides counsel to clients that seek to enter domestic markets as well as domestic clients that desire to expand their operations throughout the world. He has represented clients in cross-border transactions with parties located in India, China, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, France, Canada, Korea, as well as nations on the African and South American continents.

Concentrations

•Mergers and acquisitions
•Private equity
•Corporate and securities
•Venture capital
•Corporate finance

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, 'Ones to Watch'
•Corporate Law, 2024-2025
•Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2024-2025
•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Texas Super Lawyers, 'Rising Star,' M&A, 2018-2021

 

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Areas of Law

  • Other 4
    • Corporate
    • Private Equity
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Professional Service Providers

Practice Details

  • Languages
    Chinese
    French
    German
    Hebrew
    Italian
    Japanese
    Korean
    Persian
    Farsi
    Russian
    Spanish
    Swedish
  • Firm Information
    Position
    Shareholder
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Corporate Matters: Represent a private equity client in its investment in a manufacturing service company.
    Represented private equity client in a sale of dozens of grocery stores to a new sponsor.
    Represented an operating company in a nine figure investment in a target company memorialized with through a significant minority equity position.
    Represented a private equity company in a platform acquisition
    build out of a plastic injection molding platform.
    Represented a health care company in numerous acquisitions of target companies that provide consulting,
    SAAS services.
    Represented a large operating client in its minority investment in a target company. The transaction provided a 'baseball arbitrage' style dispute resolution that aligned expectations in the event the client exercises its call. The remedies included an automatic reduction in the purchase price
    the adoption of buyer's form of purchase agreement with representations, warranties
    indemnity provisions that mirror the prevailing terms in traditional M&A transaction.
    Represented a media organization in a series of four M&A transaction
    supporting financing transactions.
    Represented private equity sponsor in the investment in a new class of super preferred equity into a holding company the conversion of equity into debt,
    the exit from the investment with an IRR of nearly 100%.
    Represented a private equity client in an acquisition of a software company
    its affiliates in a transaction valued in excess of $300 million.
    Represented a private equity client in its acquisition of a manufacturing
    design company in a transaction valued more than $100 million.
    Represented a private equity client in an acquisition valued more than $125 million for an environmental remediation company.
    Represented a private equity client with its acquisition of food manufacturing
    packaging companies in a merger transaction valued more than $150 million.
    Represented a telecommunications company relating to the acquisition of a supplier
    a simultaneous recapitalization.
    Structured stock purchase transactions to acquire New York gr
    fathered architectural
    engineering corporations.
    Represented the control group in the sale of its auto dealerships across the country.
    Represented an Indian company primarily owned by a family with assets more than $16 billion dollars in the formation of a joint venture with a domestic publicly traded company to launch combined heat
    power projects in the United States.
    Represented a German parent company in a merger to acquire a domestic company that manufactured activated carbon.
    Represented a domestic computer component manufacture in an asset sale to a Chinese purchaser.
    Represented a designer
    clothing manufacturer in its expansion form Hong Kong to the United States
    Europe.
    Represented a technology company in the sale of substantially all of its assets to a private equity fund. The transaction involved novel intellectual property used by auto dealers.
    Represented private equity clients with respect to syndicated senior credit facilities to provide capital to support leveraged buy-outs
    support recapitalizations.
    Represented private equity fund in its $70 million acquisition of substance abuse treatment
    rehabilitation businesses.
    Represented private equity client in an acquisition of a manufacturer of residential
    commercial building products. The transaction was valued more than $100 million dollars.
    Represented a client in an acquisition valued at over $30 million dollars of two target companies that design, manufacture,
    license intellectual property related to automotive vehicle parts.
    Represented numerous portfolio companies with respect to equity issuances, convertible notes, capital raises,
    executive compensation matters.
    Represented clients in the sale of their IT products
    hardware services business pursuant to equity purchase agreements.
    Represented a construction company in the sale of all its assets to a private equity purchaser
    the subscription
    issuance of rolled equity issued from a newly formed fund.
    Represented a financial buyer in the acquisition of a target company through a merger transaction that specialized in bio-analytical methods.
    Represented a leading high technology company that manufactures
    operates stored energy systems
    dem
    response packages.
    Represented one of the largest waste management companies in the United States relating to acquisitions
    divestitures of regional waste management businesses as part of its expansion strategy.
    Represented private equity sponsors in the formation of joint ventures with established operators to acquire
    operate multiple units with a major franchisor in the food
    beverage space.
    Represented international multi-concept franchisor in connection with the sale of over 75 units of a fast-casual
    sit-down restaurant concept located across the country.
    Represented an international franchisor for one of the fastest growing fast-casual restaurant chains in the United States in connection with numerous acquisitions of franchisee-owned restaurants.
    Represented a national franchisor in connection with the sale of company-owned stores, acquisition of franchisee-owned stores,
    the transfer of units between
    among franchisees.
    Represented a private equity sponsor in the capitalization of its holding company
    franchise company as well as with respect to the acquisition
    rebr
    ing of strategic acquisitions.
    Represented a private equity sponsor with the capitalization
    acquisition of Buff City Co., together with its franchise business.
    Represent well-known international restaurant franchisor in connection with all corporate matters.
    Represented a portfolio company of a private equity firm in connection with the equity issuances
    general corporate matters for a franchisor in the food
    beverage space.
    The above representations were h
    led by Mr. Woolsey prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    Texas
    Memberships

    Professional & Community Involvement

    •Member, State Bar of Texas

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
    Class of 2011
    J.D.
    cum laude
    Other Education
    The University of Texas at Austin
    Class of 2004
    B.A.
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  • Does this attorney speak any other languages?
    Thomas Woolsey, III speaks Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Farsi, Russian, Spanish and Swedish.
  • How many attorneys are in this law firm?
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP has 2750 attorneys at this location.
  • What law school did this attorney attend?
    Thomas Woolsey, III attended Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.
  • What year was this attorney's law firm established?
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP was established in 1967.