Bio

Thomas Poletti is leader of the firm’s M&A and capital markets practices. Representing both publicly and privately held companies, he counsels clients on corporate and securities matters. These include public and private equity and debt offerings, venture capital financings, corporate partnering transactions, strategic investments, public and private mergers and acquisitions, and alternative listing structures. Tom's clients are a diverse mix of technology companies, as well as businesses in retail, manufacturing, financial services and biotechnology. Tom has been lead counsel or co-counsel on more than 200 public offerings. He advises issuers and underwriters regarding initial and secondary public offerings, and prepares and files universal shelf registration statements for issuers. He counsels private and public companies in connection with initial and subsequent rounds of common and/or preferred stock financings. Tom also handles senior, subordinated and mezzanine secured and unsecured financings; these financings range in size from several hundred thousand to several hundred million dollars. Small, middle-market and large companies turn to Tom for guidance on public and private acquisitions and dispositions involving both stock and cash. He handles transactions ranging from several million dollars to more than $500 million. Tom also counsels issuers and bankers on alternative public listing transactions, as well as on concurrent and/or post-deal financings in the form of PIPE transactions.