Thomas F. Grohman

Shareholder | Seattle | 206.223.7044 | grohmant@lanepowell.com

Areas of Practice

Tom’s practice emphasizes business transactions and general corporate matters with special focus on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital transactions, joint ventures and cross-border business acquisitions. Tom represents both U.S. and foreign-based buyers and sellers of private and public companies. He serves as chair of Lane Powell’s Corporate Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group.

Admitted to Practice

Washington

Academics

New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1979)
Gonzaga University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1978)
Seattle University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1975)

Practice Group and Specialty Team Membership

Chair, Lane Powell Corporate Finance and Securities Practice Group
Chair, Lane Powell Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group
Business
Emerging Companies and Venture Investment
Financial Institutions
International Business
Manufacturing
Real Estate

Representative Transactions

Sale by Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) of Faconnable SAS to M1 Global
Sale by KAREC FCI, Inc. of a majority interest in Kennedy Associates Real Estate Counsel, LP to Bentall U.S. Limited Partnership
Sale of Advanced H2O, LLC to HM Advanced Holdings, LLC, Inc. a private equity group
Sale of Java Trading Co., Inc. and Java Trading Co. International to Distant Lands Trading Co.
Acquisition by Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) of a majority interest in Just Jeffrey, Inc. and JKS Enterprises
Acquisition by Bentall U.S. Limited Partnership of an interest in Kennedy Associates Real Estate Counsel, Inc.
Sale of Advanced H2O, Inc. to LaSalle Capital
Private equity purchase of a majority interest in Avatar Holdings, LLC
Private equity purchase of Anderson Chamberlin, Inc.
Private equity purchase of Essential Baking Company
Sale of Abacus Engineered Systems, Inc. to TAC Americas, Inc.
Sale of Metropolitan Travel, Inc. to Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE)
Sale of Majiq, Inc. to TietoEnator, Inc.
Sale of Doellken Woodtape, Inc.’s wood products division to Edgemate, Inc.
Sale of Primal, Inc. to Nura, Inc.
Sale of Imagex.com to Kinko’s
Advanced H2O, Inc. private stock financing and the purchase of bottling-plant and production-facility from CC Beverage, a U.S. subsidiary of Clearly Canadian Beverage.
Sale of Highwire, Inc. to Galileo International, Inc., a subsidiary of Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD).
Sale of DataChannel, Inc. to Netegrity, Inc. (NASDAQ:NETE).
ImageX.com acquisition of CreativePro.com, Inc.
Enchanted Parks sale to Six Flags Theme Parks.
Hanson Pipe and Products, Inc. acquisition of Pacific International Pipe Enterprises, Inc. and Pacific International Pipe Enterprises of Washington, Inc.
Hanson Pipe and Products Northwest, Inc. acquisition of assets from Hydro Conduit Corporation.
Hanson Building Products sale of Acme Materials and Construction to Oldcastle, Inc.
Acquisition of North American Sales, Inc. and Pneuma-O-Ring International by Brokk, Inc.
Döllken Kunststoff verarbeitung GmbH acquisition of American Profiles Company and Canada Woodtape, Inc.

Awards and Honors

Listed in “Best Lawyers” survey published by Seattle Metropolitan Magazine, 2006 – 2007
Named as one of The Best Lawyers in America® 2006-2010
Recommended in PLC Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook 2007/08