Thomas Laughlin, P.C.
Overview
Thomas Laughlin is one of the founding partners of the Dallas office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Thomas regularly represents clients in corporate transactional matters, including mergers, controlling investments, preferred equity and other minority investments, de-SPAC SPAC transactions, divestitures, joint ventures, debt and equity financings, and restructurings.
Thomas has broad experience across many industries, including (without limitation) the energy, infrastructure, technology, business services, consumer, manufacturing, aviation, logistics, transportation and healthcare sectors.
The private equity firms and asset managers that Thomas has represented include Allied Industrial Partners, Apollo, Ares, Blackstone, Blue Owl, Braemont Capital, Chambers Energy Capital, Clearlake Capital Group, CPPIB, Cresta, GRP Energy Capital, HBK Capital Management, HGGC, Maverick Ventures, Quantum, Oaktree, Pine Brook Partners, RedBird Capital Partners, Riverstone Holdings, TPG Capital, Trinity Hunt Partners, Trive Capital, Vortus Investments and Warwick Capital Partners. Thomas has also represented many public and private companies and family businesses.