Bio

As chair of McGuireWoods’ Tax & Employee Benefits Department, Gerald Thomas II focuses his practice on complex transactional tax matters. He offers significant experience with mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and reorganizations, private equity funds, joint ventures, real estate investment trusts (REITs), financing transactions, and corporate and partnership tax planning. Gerald frequently represents independent sponsors and private equity funds in M&A deals and has extensive experience in structuring such deals in a tax efficient manner. Gerald also has represented numerous REITs in public offerings, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions totaling billions of dollars. Gerald chaired the Real Estate Investment Trust Committee of the ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law (“RPTE”) for two terms and currently serves as chair of RPTE’s Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies Committee. Also, Gerald currently co-leads McGuireWoods’ Black Professionals in Private Equity & Finance initiative to help such professionals develop business opportunities and work towards a more diverse and inclusive financial and business community.