Tom focuses his practice on the representation of major financial institutions in complex debt financing transactions. He counsels commercial banks, investment banks, financial sponsors and other financial institutions in structuring, negotiating and documenting syndicated credit facilities—both secured and unsecured—including multicurrency and cross-border facilities, acquisition financings and other leveraged financings.
Tom has significant experience across a variety of industry sectors, including technology, industrial and manufacturing, healthcare, professional sports, environmental services and consumer and retail. Clients value his commercial acumen, which is informed by his prior career as a financial analyst and certified public accountant. While in law school, he earned the Vanderbilt Law School and Owen School of Management Law and Business Certificate and was also the administrative editor for the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law.
- Representation of the lead arranger and administrative agent in connection with a $3.5 billion revolving credit facility to a publicly traded environmental services company.
- Representation of the left lead arranger and administrative agent in connection with a $1.1 billion senior secured syndicated credit facility for a privately held alcoholic beverage distributor.
- Representation of a leading financial institution as left lead arranger and administrative agent in connection with a $1.15 billion senior secured acquisition financing provided to a publicly traded market-leading semiconductor company.
- Representation of a leading financial institution as lead arranger and administrative agent in connection with a $300 million senior secured syndicated credit facility for a publicly traded provider of pain management therapies.
- Representation of a leading financial institution as lead arranger and administrative agent in connection with acquisition financing to fund the purchase of assets out of bankruptcy.
- Representation of a leading financial institution as left lead arranger and administrative agent in connection with a $2.8 billion senior secured, cross-border, multicurrency credit facility to a publicly traded consumer packaging company.
- Representation of the lead arranger and administrative agent in connection with a $600 million senior secured credit facility to finance project costs for a new professional sports arena.
- Representation of a leading financial institution as lead arranger and administrative agent in connection with a $450 million senior secured syndicated credit facility to a large provider of food and healthcare products operating nearly 300 retail locations.
- Representation of the lead arranger and administrative agent in connection with a $1.4 billion cross-border, senior secured multicurrency facility to an international manufacturer of bottled water and soft drinks.
- Representation of a leading financial institution as the first out lender in a unitranche credit facility alongside a private credit lender.
- Representation of the lead arranger and administrative agent in connection with a $165 million senior secured credit facility to finance the acquisition of a freight forwarding logistics provider by a top-tier private equity sponsor.
- Representation of a leading financial institution as left lead arranger and administrative agent in connection with a $1 billion syndicated credit facility to a leading analytics software company.
- Representation of financial institutions as lead arranger, lender and/or issuer in multiple senior credit facilities and subordinated note issuances to finance leveraged acquisitions by private equity sponsors.
Insights
- Author, Hacking into Federal Court: Employee “Authorization” Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 13 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. 543, 2011
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- Selected for inclusion in Leading Lawyers, Banking & Finance, North Carolina, Chambers USA, 2026
- Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Banking and Finance Law, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025