Tom's considerable experience in investment management and securities compliance, corporate governance, and fiduciary matters, alongside his significant representation in joint venture relationships, makes him a trusted advisor for complex financial and corporate transactions.

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Tom’s practice focuses on investment management, securities, and corporate law. He has experience counseling clients on securities, investment adviser, trust company, investment company, and broker-dealer regulation. Tom has considerable experience counseling clients on corporate governance and fiduciary matters, particularly in the insurance industry. In addition, he represents parties in joint venture relationships, with a particular focus on innovative joint ventures between health insurers and large health systems.

Tom’s counseling and compliance experience includes the registration of federally covered and state-covered investment advisers, organization of registered and exempt investment funds, and addressing regulatory issues for broker-dealers and trust companies. He also has a significant background in transactional work, representing clients across the health care, finance, insurance, and food and beverage sectors.

Counseling and Compliance

  • Registered multiple federally covered and state-covered investment advisers.
  • Organized registered investment companies and funds exempt from the Investment Company Act of 1940 requirements.
  • Counseled on regulatory and compliance concerns for investment funds and broker-dealers.
  • Advised trust companies and federal savings banks on regulatory issues.
  • Advised the boards of directors of mutual companies and industry associations on corporate governance matters.
  • Advised boards of directors of mutual insurance companies on reorganizations and demutualizations.
  • Guided stock and mutual insurance companies through capital raising and governance issues.
  • Provided corporate governance and fiduciary advice on joint venture relationships, particularly between health insurers and large health systems.

Transactions

  • Represented Abacus Life, Inc., in its de-SPAC transaction and listing on Nasdaq.
  • Assisted in the representation of Warburg Pincus, a leading global growth investor, in its significant investment in ParetoHealth.
  • Assisted in the representation of Old Republic International Corporation in its $400 million offering of senior notes.
  • Assisted in the subscription rights demutualization of Members Mutual Holding Company and the related IPO of Vericity, Inc.
  • Company counsel in mutual holding company reorganizations, including Builders Mutual Insurance Company and Mag Mutual Insurance Company.
  • Assisted in the representation of Chicago Pacific Founders as the lead investor in a private investment in public equity (PIPE) offering by P3 Health Partners Inc., resulting in gross proceeds to P3 Health of approximately $90 million.
  • The Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch: Corporate Law (2022-2026), Securities/Capital Markets Law (2026)
  • Super Lawyers® Illinois Rising Star, Securities and Corporate Finance (2023-2025)

Tom’s practice focuses on investment management, securities, and corporate law. He has experience counseling clients on securities, investment adviser, trust company, investment company, and broker-dealer regulation. Tom has considerable experience counseling clients on corporate governance and fiduciary matters, particularly in the insurance industry. In addition, he represents parties in joint venture relationships, with a particular focus on innovative joint ventures between health insurers and large health systems.

Tom’s counseling and compliance experience includes the registration of federally covered and state-covered investment advisers, organization of registered and exempt investment funds, and addressing regulatory issues for broker-dealers and trust companies. He also has a significant background in transactional work, representing clients across the health care, finance, insurance, and food and beverage sectors.

Counseling and Compliance

  • Registered multiple federally covered and state-covered investment advisers.
  • Organized registered investment companies and funds exempt from the Investment Company Act of 1940 requirements.
  • Counseled on regulatory and compliance concerns for investment funds and broker-dealers.
  • Advised trust companies and federal savings banks on regulatory issues.
  • Advised the boards of directors of mutual companies and industry associations on corporate governance matters.
  • Advised boards of directors of mutual insurance companies on reorganizations and demutualizations.
  • Guided stock and mutual insurance companies through capital raising and governance issues.
  • Provided corporate governance and fiduciary advice on joint venture relationships, particularly between health insurers and large health systems.

Transactions

  • Represented Abacus Life, Inc., in its de-SPAC transaction and listing on Nasdaq.
  • Assisted in the representation of Warburg Pincus, a leading global growth investor, in its significant investment in ParetoHealth.
  • Assisted in the representation of Old Republic International Corporation in its $400 million offering of senior notes.
  • Assisted in the subscription rights demutualization of Members Mutual Holding Company and the related IPO of Vericity, Inc.
  • Company counsel in mutual holding company reorganizations, including Builders Mutual Insurance Company and Mag Mutual Insurance Company.
  • Assisted in the representation of Chicago Pacific Founders as the lead investor in a private investment in public equity (PIPE) offering by P3 Health Partners Inc., resulting in gross proceeds to P3 Health of approximately $90 million.
  • The Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch: Corporate Law (2022-2026), Securities/Capital Markets Law (2026)
  • Super Lawyers® Illinois Rising Star, Securities and Corporate Finance (2023-2025)
  • Fellow, American College of Investment Counsel (2021-Present)

Education

  • University of Notre Dame the Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2015
  • Loyola University Chicago, B.B.A., magna cum laude, 2012

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois
  • Co-presenter, “The Department of Labor’s Fiduciary Rule,” 2024 Annual Meeting of the Association of Fraternal Benefit Counsel (AFBC), June 21, 2024.