Thomas B Draper

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Thomas Draper is a partner and Co-Chair of Foley Hoag’s Debt Finance Practice. As one of the leading finance lawyers in New England, Tom represents a number of companies and private equity sponsors in a range of acquisition financing transactions, including asset-based credits, senior/subordinated structures and large syndicated term loans. He has considerable experience representing borrowers in a variety of debt transactions, from venture lending to bank credit facilities to high yield bonds, across industries as diverse as life sciences, technology, retail, cannabis and solar. He also represents fund lenders in senior, second-lien and mezzanine loans. In the fund borrower area, Tom is a national leader. He has spoken on several panels and has worked on dozens of capital call facilities, portfolio leverage and liquidity financings for private and registered funds and their sponsors.

Education: Yale University, B.A.; University of Texas School of Law, J.D.