Janet (Jan) Singletary Thomas - Attorney

Janet (Jan) Singletary Thomas - Attorney

 

Jan Thomas is a member of the firm's Business Section. Jan regularly counsels clients in mergers and acquisitions, contract drafting and review, capital structures and financing arrangements. Jan has particular expertise in transactions involving Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) and has advised many different parties to ESOP transactions, including sponsoring companies, lenders, selling shareholders, and trustees. Jan also has significant experience representing both lenders and borrowers in a wide range of credit facilities.

Relevant Experience:

  • Assisted in complex, $400+ million refinancing and recapitalization of privately held business involving senior debt, institutional mezzanine debt and private equity investors.
  • Served as counsel to an ESOP-owned company in a $435,000,000 stock sale to a public company buyer.
  • Represented buyer of more than 15 assisted living facilities in eight different states in its purchase of the assets from debtor-in-possession in bankruptcy. The transaction involved complex issues concerning the transfer and assumption of bond financing on the facilities.
  • Represented a private equity fund and one of its operating companies in the purchase of all of the outstanding stock in a transformer manufacturing business.
  • Advised S-corporation ESOP company in capitalizing on its unique structure in making acquisitions.
  • Represented the shareholders of a closely-held power distribution equipment manufacturer in the sale of all of the outstanding stock in the company to a private equity fund.

Education:

  • Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary, J.D. (William and Mary Law Review; Order of the Coif)
  • College of William & Mary, B.A., Economics

Speaking Engagements:

  • Mid-Atlantic ESOP Association, April 9, 2009
  • Mid-Atlantic ESOP Association, April 11, 2008
  • Mid-Atlantic ESOP Association, October 26, 2007
  • Mid-Atlantic ESOP Association, October 26, 2006

Pro Bono/Community Service:

  • Leadership Metro Richmond
  • American Heart Association
  • Richmond SPCA

Recognition:

  • Virginia Business Magazine's Legal Elite
  • AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Virginia Super Lawyers

Memberships:

  • Richmond Bar Association
  • Virginia Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Virginia State Bar
  • Association for Corporate Growth (Board Member)
  • Virginia Bankers Association
  • ESOP Association
  • National Center for Employee Ownership

Firm Involvement:

  • Risk Management Committee
  • Women's Initiatives Network (WIN)

Bar Admission:

  • Virginia, 1992