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Goodwin Offices

100 NORTHERN AVENUE
BOSTON MA 02210
MASSACHUSETTS
United States
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Thomas LaFond

Position
Partner
Career
Tom LaFond, a partner in Goodwin’s Financial Industry and Investment Management practices, advises clients in a variety of industries on a broad range of transactional, securities and regulatory matters. He has particular expertise in the asset management industry, where he represents financial services firms, management teams and private equity investors in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and investment transactions. Mr. LaFond also advises firms and management teams on incentive compensation and ownership arrangements.
Mr. LaFond counsels financial services firms on fiduciary, regulatory and transactional matters relating to their asset management activities, including structuring portfolio investments, formation and operation of public and private investment funds, and capital markets transactions.
Education
J.D., 1994 Stanford Law School B.A., 1991 Harvard University (magna cum laude)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism