Career
John Thomas counsels clients in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, private placements, securities compliance, restructurings and spinoffs, corporate governance and general business issues. John has led dozens of merger, acquisition or disposition transactions, including those involving TriQuint Semiconductor, Rentrak, Columbia Sportswear, Voyager Learning, Digimarc, Steel Technology (dba Hydro Flask), Deschutes Brewery and Phoseon Technology. He has also represented the issuer or underwriter in over 30 public offerings, including offerings for Ardmore Shipping, Digimarc, VeraSun Energy, Penford, Corillian, and Columbia Sportswear. John represents technology, apparel, and retail companies.