Tom L. Tippetts
Tom Tippetts is a partner in the Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Groups of Haynes and Boone and has been a trusted business and legal advisor to financial and strategic dealmakers for nearly 20 years, assisting them to successfully close hundreds of significant transactions.
Tom’s practice focuses on U.S. and cross-border complex business transactions with a particular concentration on mergers and acquisitions and private equity. As an advisor to strategics and private equity funds and their portfolio companies, he has represented domestic and international clients in public and private mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts, equity and debt financings, reorganizations, joint ventures, distressed sales and investments in and out of bankruptcy, and other strategic transactions. Tom also regularly advises clients on general corporate matters, corporate governance and significant commercial contract negotiations. In addition, he has represented public companies and their boards of directors and special committees in connection with business-transformative opportunities and legal challenges.
Tom has served as lead deal counsel and negotiated and completed transactions in a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, automotive, software, technology, telecommunications, healthcare, entertainment, business and financial services, consumer products, energy, entertainment, industrials and manufacturing, retail and food and beverage.
- Avantax, Inc., a leader in tax-focused financial planning and wealth management, in its take-private sale (for a total enterprise value of approximately $1.2 billion) to Aretec Group, Inc., the holding company of Cetera Financial Group, Inc., a retail investment advice platform and network of independent financial advisors.
- Trive Capital in multiple acquisition and investment transactions involving, among others, Karman, Avatara, SSW Advanced Technologies, Kittyhawk, NxEdge, ParFab, Iowa Northern Railway, Amteck, Madison-Kipp, Field Aerospace, Aevex Aerospace, Valence Surface Technologies, Residential Design Services, AGM Automotive and Huron Inc.
- Karman Space & Defense, a portfolio company of Trive Capital, in multiple acquisitions involving, among others, Systima Technologies, Aerospace Engineering Corp. and AAE Aerospace.
- Telefonaktiebolaget L. M. Ericsson in multiple acquisition and investment transactions involving, among others, CENX, Placecast and FYI Television.
- Streamland Media LLC, a Trive Capital portfolio company, in multiple acquisitions, including its acquisition of Ingenuity Studios, LLC, a visual effects company, and in its acquisitions of SIM Video International’s post-production business and of Technicolor’s post-production business.
- Blucora, Inc. in the $720 million sale of its tax software business, TaxAct, Inc. to an affiliate of Cinven, Ltd. a UK-based private equity fund.
Vericast, a leading marketing technology company in multiple acquisition and divestiture transactions. - Breck Partners in its acquisitions of the Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists business, a leading provider of light vehicle alloy wheel repair, remanufacturing and wholesale services, and of Essential Cabinetry Holdings Group, a best-in-class manufacturer of custom, semi-custom and stock-plus cabinetry.
- Forward Slope Incorporated, a Trive Capital portfolio company providing software and surveillance solutions to the defense industry, in multiple acquisitions.
Vitesse Systems, a portfolio company of Trive Capital, in multiple acquisitions involving, among others, Sterling Precision, Inc., Custom Microwave, Inc., and Products Support, Inc. - Thriving Brands LLC, a portfolio company of Trive Capital, in its acquisition of Right Guard and Dry Idea, two leading antiperspirant and deodorant brands, from Henkel AG.
- AEVEX Aerospace, a portfolio company of Trive Capital and a leading provider of full spectrum, airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions for defense and intelligence agencies, in its sale to Madison Dearborn Partners and Covant Management.
- Iowa Northern Railway in its sale to CN Rail, Canada’s largest railroad.
- SSW Advanced Technologies in the acquisition of Schott-Gemtron Corporation, an industry leader in supplying specialty glass components for a variety of home appliances.
- Williamson-Dickie Holding Company, a private company specializing in the manufacture of work apparel, in its $820 million sale and merger into a subsidiary of VF Corporation, and in its prior acquisition of Walls Industries.
- Wingate Partners in multiple acquisition and investment transactions involving, among others, Binswanger Glass, Nekoosa Holdings, Dunn Paper, Sunrise Oilfield Supply, MPI Products, Strata Worldwide, The HC Companies, S&N Communications, Industrial Container Services and Corrpro Companies.
- Dunn Paper, Inc., a Wingate Partners portfolio company and leading supplier of high-performance, advanced paper materials for niche consumer markets, in its sale to Arbor Investments.
- Nekoosa Coated Products Holdings, a Wingate Partners portfolio company and leading converter and coater of specialty films and papers, in its sale to Sentinel Capital Partners.
- State Bar of Texas
- Named a Top Dealmaker in North Texas by the Dallas Business Journal, American City Business Journals, March 2017
- Recognized by D Magazine, D Magazine Partners, as a "Best Lawyer in Dallas" in Corporate Law: Mergers & Acquisitions, 2016.
- Recognized by Chambers USA, Chambers & Partners, as an "Up and Coming" lawyer for Corporate/M&A in Texas, 2015; Corporate/M&A in Texas, 2016.
- Selected for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters, 2010, 2012, 2016-2017.
Education
B.A., Brigham Young University, 2003, cum laude
J.D., The University of Texas School of Law, 2006, with honors; Articles Editor, The Review of Litigation
Languages
Spanish
Admissions
Colorado
Texas
Represented Avantax, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVTA) in its take-private sale to Aretec Group, Inc. d/b/a Cetera Holdings, the holding company of Cetera Financial Group, pursuant to which Cetera Holdings will acquire all of the issued and outstanding equity of Avantax in an all-cash transaction valuing Avantax [...]
Represented Trive Capital in its acquisition of an artificial intelligence defense platform and solutions company, Hypergiant Industries, Inc.
Represented Breck Partners LLC, a private equity firm, in connection with the acquisition of all of the equity interests in Essential Cabinetry Group, a manufacturer of custom, semi-custom, and stock-plus cabinetry.
Represented Blucora, Inc. in the $720 million sale of its tax software business, TaxAct, to an affiliate of Cinven Ltd., a UK-based private equity fund.
Represented Trive Capital, LLC in connection with its investment in Kittyhawk, Inc., a leading provider of Hot Isostatic Pressing services for a variety of industries including space, commercial aerospace, defense, and medical applications.
Represented SSW Advanced Technologies in connection with its acquisition of Schott-Gemtron Corporation, a manufacturer of specialty glass and glass systems used primarily by the home appliance industry in North America.
Represented Streamland Media LLC in its acquisition of Ingenuity Studios, LLC, a U.S. and Canada based visual effects company.
Represented Streamland Media in its acquisition of SIM Video International’s post-production picture and sound finishing services business.
Represented Trive Capital in its partnership with AMRO Fabricating Corporation, a leading manufacturer of precision machined and formed structures for aerospace, defense, and commercial markets.
Represented Trive Capital in its sale of AEVEX Aerospace, a leading provider of full spectrum airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions, to Madison Dearborn Partners and CoVant Management.
A mergers and acquisitions team based in Haynes and Boone, LLP’s Denver office represented AdCellerant LLC, a leading marketing and services technology company, in connection with a strategic investment and recapitalization of its business led by affiliates of the private equity firm Clearview Capital, L.P. The Haynes Boone team was led by Partners Dan Malone and Tom Tippetts with support from Ass [...]
Haynes Boone Represents Avantax in $1.2 Billion Take-Private Sale to Cetera
September 11, 2023
Haynes Boone Represents Streamland Media in Acquisition of Ingenuity Studios
August 25, 2022