Thomas D. Washburne, Jr.

Representative Matters

• Represented Redwood Capital Investments, LLC in its 2019 investment in a family-owned beverage distributor in the south eastern United States
• Represented W.R. Grace & Company in its 2019 acquisition of Rive Technology, Inc., a developer of proprietary catalyst applications
• Represented Trinity Cyber, Inc., a provider of cyber security solutions, in connection with a $23 million Series A venture investment led by Intel Capital in 2019
• Represented Redwood Capital Investments, LLC in its 2018 investment in Hudson Automotive Group, a family-owned, multi-brand dealership group in the southeastern United States
• Represented Phillips Corporation in its 2018 sale of Haeger Incorporated, a manufacturer and distributor of insertion press machine tools used in the industrial hardware fastener industry, to PennEngineeering
• Represented Intersections, Inc., in its separate 2017 sales of the assets of its Habits at Work business to Bratlab,LLC and its subsidiary, i4C Innovations, LLC to One Health Group, LLC
• Represented Armada Enterprises, Inc., a manager and distributor of proprietary supplemental health insurance products, in its 2017 sale to Sirius International Insurance Group, Ltd
• Represented Guthy-Renker LLC in the 2016 sale of a majority interest of its worldwide ProActive business (the world’s leading nonprescription acne brand) to Nestlé Skin Health
• Represented government contractor Force 3, Inc. in its 2016 sale to Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc. 
• Represented a government-sponsored pension fund with its investments in private equity funds and hedge funds
• Represented Redwood Capital Investments LLC in its 2015 investment in Thompson’s Gas & Electric Service, Inc., a distributor of retail propane products
• Represented Tetra Concepts LLC in its 2015 sale agreement with Preferred Systems Solutions, Inc.
• Represented Redwood Capital Investments, LLC in its 2014 joint venture acquisition of the 3,200-acre Sparrows Point industrial and port facility, the largest privately owned industrial site on the East Coast
• Represented Bowles Fluidics in its 2014 sale to Morgenthaler Private Equity
• Represented Redwood Capital, LLC in its $672 million sale of Wexford Science & Technology to BioMed Realty, Inc. in 2013
• Represented Jacob Safra in his 2013 agreement to purchase T. Rowe Price Savings Bank from T. Rowe Price Associates
• Represented CDK Investment Management LLC, fund of funds hedge fund, in its 2012 sale to Brown Advisory, Inc.
• Represented The Hartford Financial Group, Inc. in its 2012 sale of Federal Trust Bank to CenterState Banks, Inc.
• Represented software company Metastorm, Inc. in its $182 million acquisition in 2011 by Open Text Corporation
• Represented Segovia, Inc. in its $110 million sale in 2010 to Inmarsat Plc
• Represented stockholders of a New England bank in a sale to private equity investors in 2010
• Represented Celsion Corporation in implementing its 2010 equity line of credit financing
• Assisted Pyxis Engineering in its $20 million sale to Applied Signal Technology, Inc. in 2009
• Represented Point Blank Solutions in the formation of a manufacturing joint venture with FMS Enterprises MIGUN Ltd. in 2008
• Represented a national telemarketing company in its 2008 sale of an equity stake to an international investment bank
• Represented Ferris, Baker Watts in its approximately $240 million sale to Royal Bank of Canada in 2008
• Represented Metastorm Inc. in its 2007 acquisition of ProForma Corporation 
• Represented Ore Pharmaceuticals in the 2007 sale of its Genomics business to Ocimum BioSolutions, Inc.
• Represented Ferris, Baker Watts in its 2007 acquisition of Arthurs Lestrange & Co., Inc.
• Represented Mercantile Bankshares Corporation in its $6.6 billion sale to the PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., in 2006
• Represented GeneLogic Inc. in the 2006 sale of its preclinical division to Bridge Pharmaceuticals
• Represented Marriott International Corporation in its $1.45 billion purchase of interests in 35 hotels from CTF Holdings, Inc., in 2005
• Represented Metastorm Inc. in its 2005 acquisition of the assets of CommerceQuest Inc.
• Represented MBNA (America) N.A. in its 2005 acquisition of Nexstar Financial Corporation
• Represented Mercantile Bankshares Corporation in its $300 million 144A Note Offering, in 2003
• Represented Mercantile Bankshares Corporation in its 2003 acquisition of F&M Bancorp
• Assisted Marriott International Corporation with its investment in Diamond Rock Hospitality
• Represented York International Corporation in the 2000 sale of its Freezing Products division
• Represented Ferris, Baker Watts on numerous underwritten public offerings
• Represented Metastorm Inc. in various venture-backed financings

Education

• J.D. Vanderbilt University Law School
• Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review
• B.A. Middlebury College

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• New York
• Maryland

• The Best Lawyers in America, 2006 – 2025
  • Lawyer of the Year, 2016 – 2017, 2019, 2024
• BTI Consulting Group, Client Service All-Star, 2010 (Selected as one of only 165 attorneys)
• Legal 500, M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500 million), 2011 – 2012, 2022, 2024
• Super Lawyers
  • Mergers & Acquisitions, Baltimore, 2013
  • Maryland, 2008 – 2018, 2021 – 2023
• Chambers USA, Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions, Maryland, 2004 – 2024
• Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Peer Review Rated