Ryan Thomas

Practice Areas

Ryan Thomas is the chair of the firm’s Private Equity Team and co-chair of the Healthcare Private Equity Team. He advises public and private companies and private equity firms on a broad range of strategic and private equity transaction structures, including mergers, tender offers, going private and leveraged buyout transactions and other recapitalizations with an aggregate value exceeding $60 billion. He also counsels issuers, strategic investors and national and regional growth equity firms in private placements of equity and debt securities, including multiple individual growth equity transactions exceeding $50 million. Ryan’s practice focuses on private equity transactions and public and private companies within the healthcare, media, retail, government services, life sciences and technology industries, among others. He also advises management, boards and special committees on shareholder activism, corporate governance and public company disclosure matters.

Ryan's practice includes:

- Mergers and acquisitions

- Private equity

- Growth equity

- Securities transactions

- International transactions

- Corporate governance

- Public company disclosures

- Joint ventures, licensing and commercial transactions

Career

Joined Bass, Berry & Sims in 2004.

Ryan previously practiced with Testa, Hurwitx & Thibeault, LLP (1999-2004).

Professional Memberships

Association for Corporate Growth, Tennessee Chapter: Board Member

American Bar Association: Business Law and M&A Committees; Business Law Today, Executive Editor, M&A (2017) and Deal Points, Editor (2016-2018)

American Health Law Association (AHLA)

Personal

JD, Vanderbilt Law School

BA, Trinity College

Awards