Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Business Tax

Partner

Tom's practice includes extensive experience in the federal income taxation of business transactions and business entities, including formations, mergers, securities offerings and operations of, and asset "drop-downs" to publicly traded "master limited partnerships" (over 55 MLP IPOs); joint ventures and dispositions of interests therein; formation and operation of private equity partnerships, including issuance of equity to management; mergers, acquisitions and spin-offs of corporations; acquisition, ownership, exploration, development and disposition of oil and gas and other mineral interests; royalty trusts; real estate investment trusts; and financially troubled entities, including financial institutions.

Houston Bar Association Former Member of Taxation Subcommittee of the Greater Houston Partnership's Government Relations Committee State Bar of Texas American Bar Association, Member, Tax Section National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships, Member of Federal Affairs Committee National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Former Member of Government Liaison Committee

JD, 1981, University of Houston Law Center, Order of the Barons BBA, 1978, Accounting, The University of Texas at Austin