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Tom W. Adkins
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Kim LaRocca512.494.3669
Thomas W. Adkins represents companies and other parties involved in business transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions of publicly and privately held businesses, and public and private securities offerings. He has assisted numerous public companies and boards of directors on Sarbanes-Oxley and other corporate governance issues, as well as state and federal securities laws and regulatory compliance.
Specifically, Mr. Adkins assists companies and investors with business planning, capital structures, stockholder agreements, employment and non-competition agreements, licensing arrangements, stock option and compensation arrangements, seed financings, venture capital financings and other private placements, initial public offerings, follow-on public equity and debt offerings, privatization, and other corporate and commercial business transactions. In the course of 20 years of practice, he has represented the buyer or the seller in the acquisition of more than 150 privately held companies and several publicly held companies, for purchase prices ranging from less than $100,000 to more than $1 billion.
Publications and Speeches
"Executive Summary: SEC Adopts New Rules Regarding Executive and Director Compensation and Related Party Transaction Disclosure Rules," September 2006.
"SEC Adopts New Rules Regarding Executive and Director Compensation and Related Party Transaction Disclosure Rules," September 2006.
"SEC Changes Form 8-K Rules Regarding Disclosure of Executive Compensation Arrangements," September 2006.
"Update on Corporate Directors' Fiduciary Duties," The Corporate Analyst, February 1996.
"Federal Securities Law Issues in Venture Capital Financings," CLE International's Venture Capital Conference, Austin, TX, 2001.
"Corporate Law Update," 17th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute, University of Texas School of Law, 1995.
"Software 101-Legal Issues," Austin Software Council, 2000.
"Securities Law Issues in Venture Capital Financings," CLE International, 2001.
"Due Diligence: Preparing Your Company for a Financing or Acquisition," Austin Software Council, 2001.
"Securities Law Issues for Start-Ups" First Annual Technology Entrepreneurship Workshop, Rice Alliance, 2002.
Education
J.D., The University of Texas School of Law, 1982
B.A., University of Virginia, 1979
Bar Admissions
Texas
Affiliations
American Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
Austin Bar Association
Texas Business Law Foundation, Fellow
