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Tom

Thomas F. Grohman
Shareholder
Seattle
D 206.223.7044
C 206.295.4502
grohmant@lanepowell.com

Tom Grohman counsels clients with regard to their business needs, business transactions and general corporate matters. He represents both U.S. and foreign-based buyers and sellers of private and public companies.  

Tom regularly advises on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital transactions, joint ventures and cross-border business acquisitions.

Experience

  • WMIH Corp.
    Strategic Investment by KKR
  • WMIH Corp.
    $600M Private Offering of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
  • WMIH Corp.
    Payoff of $130M First and Second Lien Notes and Discharge of Indenture
  • Porsche Automobil Holding SE
    $55M Investment in Inrix, Inc.
  • Pizza Blends, Inc.
    Stock Sale to C.H. Guenther & Son, Inc.
  • Nordstrom, Inc.
    Equity Investment in Bonobos, Inc. Merchandise Line
  • Westminster Cracker Company, Inc.
    Acquisition of Dr. Lucy's
  • Dexter & Chaney, Inc.
    Buyout and Recapitalization by Pamlico Capital
  • K&L Distributors, Inc.
    Sale of Alaska Business to White Mountain Beverage, LLC
  • Advanced H2O, LLC
    Sale to HM Advanced Holdings, LLC
  • Java Trading Co.
    Sale to Distant Lands Trading Company
  • KAREC FCI, Inc.
    Sale and Related Transactions With Bentall U.S. Limited Partnership and Rushmore Partners LLC
  • Private Equity
    Purchase of Essential Baking Company
  • Metropolitan Travel, Inc.
    Sale to Expedia, Inc. 
  • ImageX.com, Inc.
    Sale to Kinko’s, Inc.
  • Highwire, Inc.
    Sale to Galileo International, Inc.
  • ImageX.com, Inc.
    Acquisition of CreativePro.com, Inc.
  • Nordstrom, Inc.
    $210M Sale of Façonnable Fashion House to M1 Group
  • Enchanted Parks
    $19.3M Sale of Park to Six Flags, Inc.
  • Majiq Inc.
    Sale to TietoEnator, Inc.
  • Hanson Building Materials America, LLC
    Acquisition of Assets From Hydro Conduit Corporation
  • Doellken-Woodtape, Inc.
    Sale of Wood Products Division to Edgemate, Inc.
  • Nura, Inc.
    Acquisition of Primal, Inc.
  • Brokk Inc.
    Acquisition of North American Sales, Inc. and Pneuma-O-Ring International
  • Nordstrom, Inc.
    Acquisition of Majority Interest in Just Jeffrey, Inc. and JKS Enterprises
  • Advanced H2O, LLC
    Private Stock Financing and Purchase of Bottling and Production Facilities From CC Beverage
  • Hanson Building Materials America, LLC
    Acquisition of Pacific International Pipe Enterprises, Inc. & Subsidiary 
  • K&L Distributors, Inc.
    Sale of Distribution Rights to Anheuser-Busch of Washington, Inc.
  • Alaska Distributors Co.
    Sale of Washington Business to Columbia Distributors
  • Raisbeck Engineering, Inc.
    $20M Sale to Acorn Growth Companies
  • EPI Realty, Inc.
    Restructure of Wild Waves Theme Park
  • ImageX.com, Inc.
    Sale of Extensis, Inc. to CelartemTechnology, USA, Inc.
  • Washington Partners, Inc.
    Sale of Seattle Business to Jones Lang LaSalle
  • Intercoastal, Inc.
    Sale to Herndon Products, Inc.
  • Nordstrom, Inc.
    Investment in Peek, Aren't You Curious?
  • Prime Advisors, Inc.
    Sale to Sun Life Financial (U.S.) Investments LLC
  • SanMar Corporation
    Acquisition of Elcatex LLC
  • The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
    Sale of Frank Russell Company to the London Stock Exchange Group
  • Advanced H2O, LLC
    Sale to LaSalle Capital
  • Enchanted Parks, Inc.
    Acquisition of CNL Lifestyle Properties by EPR Properties
  • Abacus Engineered Systems, Inc.
    Sale to Schnieder Electric
  • SanMar Corporation
    $75.5M Acquisition and Licensing Arrangement of OGIO Products
  • Kennedy Associates Real Estate Counsel, Inc.
    Sale to Bentall U.S. Limited Partnership
  • DataChannel, Inc.
    Sale to Netegrity, Inc.
  • KinderCare Education LLC
    Co-Counsel in Acquisition of Rainbow Child Care Centers (150 locations)
  • Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    $285M Acquisition of Weyerhaeuser's Longview Liquid-Packaging Business
  • Airbiquity
    Series C Financing
  • Lundberg, LLC
    Sale of Business
  • Aviation Partners, Inc.
    Formation of Joint Venture With Flexsys, Inc.
  • January Company
    Sale of Business
  • Northwest Landscape Services of Oregon, LLC
    Acquisition by Monarch Landscaping Holdings
  • Tempered Networks
    Series B Financing
  • Zones, Inc.
    $275M Credit Facility for Acquisition
  • B&D Industrial Inc.
    Strategic Acquisition
  • Center for Infectious Disease Research
    Affiliation and Asset Transfer
  • Clario Medical Imaging Inc.
    Sale by Merger to Intelerad Medical Systems
  • CRG Events
    Sale of Business to Opus Agency
  • CustomArray Inc.
    Acquisition by GenScript Biotech Corp.
  • Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd.
    $310M Acquisition of Sid Richardson Carbon, Ltd.
  • Vibrant Cities, LLC
    Financing, Acquisition and Development Activities

Community Involvement

King County Bar Association, Corporate Counsel Section

Gonzaga Law School Commercial Law Center, Former Member, Board of Advisors

Thought Leadership

  • August 18, 2022News

    The Best Lawyers in America© 2023 Recognizes 90 Lane Powell Attorneys

    Awards & Honors
  • August 19, 2021News
    The Best Lawyers in America© 2022 Recognizes 90 Lane Powell Attorneys
    Awards & Honors
  • August 20, 2020News
    The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 Recognizes 92 Lane Powell Attorneys
    Awards & Honors
  • August 15, 2019News
    The Best Lawyers in America© 2020 Recognizes 63 Lane Powell Attorneys
    Awards & Honors
  • April 3, 2019Event / CLE
    M&A: Negotiating Initial Documents
    Lane Powell CLE | Seattle/Portland, Oregon
  • August 29, 2018News
    Lane Powell Represents KinderCare Education in Acquisition of Rainbow Child Care Center
    Client Conversations
  • August 15, 2018News
    The Best Lawyers in America© 2019 Recognizes 62 Lane Powell Attorneys
    Awards & Honors
  • August 15, 2017News
    Fifty-nine Lane Powell Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers® in America 2018
    Awards & Honors
  • August 17, 2016News
    Fifty-one Lane Powell Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2017
    Awards & Honors
  • May 27, 2016News
    Chambers® USA Recommends Lane Powell in Multiple Categories for 2016
    Awards & Honors
  • August 17, 2015News
    Forty-eight Lane Powell Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2016
    Awards & Honors
  • August 18, 2014News
    Fifty-One Lane Powell Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2015
    Awards & Honors
  • July 20, 2010News
    58 Lane Powell Attorneys Listed as Top Lawyers in Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
    Awards & Honors
  • Awards_2023 Best Lawyers America

Practices & Industries

  • Corporate, Securities, and M&A
  • Transportation

Education

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

Admission

  • Washington

Honors

The Best Lawyers in America©, Corporate (2006-2023)

Chambers® USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Corporate/Commercial (2016)

Listed as one of Puget Sound’s top lawyers who completed “regions biggest deals of 2010,” Puget Sound Business Journal (February 25, 2011)

Recommended in PLC Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook (2007-2008)

AV Preeminent® in Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™

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