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Provided by Ryan Thomas
Ryan Thomas is the chair of the firm’s Private Equity Team and co-chair of the Healthcare Private Equity Team. Ryan focuses his practice on representing national, middle market private equity firms and their portfolio companies 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 and public placements of equity and debt securities.
Ryan’s practice focuses on middle market transactions within the healthcare, life sciences, technology/software, retail and food & beverage, government services and manufacturing industries, among others. He also advises management, boards and special committees on shareholder activism, corporate governance and public company disclosure and merger 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
Joined Bass, Berry & Sims in 2004 in its Nashville office.
Ryan previously practiced in Boston, MA with Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP (1999-2004).
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)
JD, Vanderbilt Law School
BA, Trinity College
Corporate/M&A (2017-2024)
Chambers USA
Finalist in Deal of the Year Categories (2023, 2021, 2019, 2015)
The M&A Advisor
Provided by Chambers
Ryan Thomas chairs the firm's private equity group and has experience handling healthcare, technology and private equity transactions. His experience also covers entity formation and recapitalization.
Provided by Chambers
"Ryan is really talented and he works incredibly hard."
"Ryan is incredibly smart and has a knack for complexity and detail. He doesn't miss a beat. He is a relentless hard worker and is incredibly involved in every aspect of the transaction."
"Ryan is really talented and he works incredibly hard."
"Ryan is incredibly smart and has a knack for complexity and detail. He doesn't miss a beat. He is a relentless hard worker and is incredibly involved in every aspect of the transaction."
