Mr Gary Thompson > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > Richmond, United States > Lawyer Profile

Mr Gary Thompson

804.788.8787 gthompson@huntonak.com View profile

Work Department

Energy, Food Industry, Retail and Consumer Products, Mergers and Acquisitions, International and Cross-Border Transactions, Corporate Governance and Board Advisory, Corporate

Position

Partner

Career

Gary Thompson served for many years as co-chair of the firm’s M&A practice group. His representative clients include companies in the consumer products, technology, defense and energy sectors. He has over 30 years’ experience advising corporate clients in connection with domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, carve-out transactions, minority investments and governance matters. The Best Lawyers in America has named him an Eminent Practitioner since 2021, and has recognized him in the areas of corporate and M&A law since 2005; in 2021 that publication also recognized him as Lawyer of the Year for Corporate Law in Richmond, Virginia, after having selected him as 2019 Lawyer of the Year for M&A Law, Virginia. Gary was named among the Top 50 North Americas M&A lawyers for 2022, 2014 and 2013, and as the 2012 M&A Lawyer of the Year – Americas Middle Markets, by the Global M&A Network; he has led deal teams that were awarded ten M&A Atlas Awards.

Memberships

Admitted to the Virginia State Bar

Education

• JD, Boston University School of Law, 1984
• AB, History, Cornell University, 1981