Thomas Yang Bio

Tom has been repeatedly recognized as a leading mergers and acquisitions (M&A) practitioner and dealmaker by a variety of publications, including Chambers USA, The Legal 500, The American Lawyer, IFLR1000, the Dallas Business Journal, D CEO Magazine, Best Lawyers in America, Lawyers of Color and Texas Diversity Counsel. Tom serves as a trusted advisor to private equity funds and their portfolio companies, as well as various public and private companies. Tom regularly represents AT&T, 7-Eleven, Triple Crown Resources, Trinity Industries, ARA Asset Management, Blue Water Advisors, Brinkmere Capital Partners, MPK Equity Partners and Princeton Equity Group in their M&A activities. Tom has led over $40 billion in M&A transactions over the past several years, including 7-Eleven’s $21-billion acquisition of 3,800 Speedway convenience stores. He guides clients through a wide variety of M&A transactions, including leveraged buyouts, strategic mergers, carve-outs, joint ventures, buy and build strategies, simultaneous horizontal or vertical acquisitions of multiple companies, and other complex strategic transactions. Tom serves as co-chair of Akin's Asian Firmwide Resource Group and as a member of the Firmwide Opportunity & Inclusion Council. He is also active in the Korean and Asian-American communities and is a former president of the Dallas Asian-American Bar Association.