Robert D. Thomas

Of Counsel

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Representative Matters for Individuals

  • Represented an executive who was hired as the CEO of a public technology company.
  • Represented an executive who was hired as the CEO of an international technology company in bankruptcy.
  • Represented an executive who was hired as the CEO of a venture-financed technology company.
  • Represented the CEO of a hospital in the negotiation of an employment agreement.
  • Represented a senior executive hired by a chip manufacturing company funded by private equity with a complicated LLC structure.
  • Represented a senior executive of a public semiconductor company in the negotiation of a separation agreement when he left to pursue another opportunity.
  • Represented the CEO of a public biotechnology company in the negotiation of a separation agreement when he was asked to leave by the Board.
  • Represented partner of a local law firm regarding her separation from the firm to pursue other opportunities.
  • Represented a school administrator in the negotiation of a separation agreement.
  • Represented the President of a US company in a family of companies with multiple US corporations, two Delaware LLC’s, a Bermuda corporation and two Chinese corporations. We represented him in the restructuring of the companies and his separation from the companies.
  • Represented a senior sales executive who left a public biotechnology company to join a venture-funded competitor.
  • Represented an entrepreneur who left a company to start a competing start-up based on ideas developed on his own time.
  • Represented the two sole shareholders of a private technology company with foreign subsidiaries. The corporation and its subsidiaries were sold to a large US public company and the shareholders had to sign employment agreements and non-competition agreements with the acquirer.
  • Represented an executive at an investment firm who formed his own investment management LLC, which entered into an agreement with the investment firm to manage some of the firm’s funds.
  • Represented a group of investment bankers who left one large financial services company to join a competing company. We represented the individuals in their departure from the former employer and their agreements with their new employer. Along with litigation counsel, we also represented the individuals in the settlement of the resulting lawsuits.
  • Represented the management team of a public biotechnology company that was acquired by a private company. We advised the team regarding their change of control rights and negotiated individual agreements. After the acquisition, we represented two of the executives regarding employment agreements with new companies and advised one of the executives in a dispute with acquirer over whether he had violated a non-compete obligation.
  • Represented the management team of a public technology company whose assets were sold to a large public company through bankruptcy. We advised the team regarding their change of control rights and negotiated individual agreements. Along with bankruptcy counsel, we also represented the individuals in the bankruptcy process.
  • Represented CEO of an advertising company that was sold to a large French conglomerate.
  • Represented a doctor who brought her practice to a medical group.
  • Represented the founders of a wine company that was sold to a large public retail company.
  • Represented the senior executives of a private equity funded workers compensation insurance company that was sold to a large national insurance company.

Robert Thomas

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Tel: 650.327.0100
Fax: 650.327.0101
Email: rob@dotylaw.com

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