Tommy N. Tsao

TOMMY TSAO represents private equity firms and private and public companies in a variety of domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, equity investments, restructurings, recapitalizations, divestitures, and other general corporate matters, both negotiated and hostile. He also counsels clients on general corporate governance and securities law matters. Tommy also advises clients in transactions involving public securities, including private placements and backstopped rights offerings. During law school, Tommy received the Masin Family Academic Excellence Silver Award, and was a member of the Business Law Association.

Prior to joining Sidley, Tommy was a member of an international law firm in its Los Angeles office.

• Lido Advisors, a nationally recognized wealth advisory firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with over US$29 billion in Regulatory Assets Under Management (RAUM) and 40 offices across the U.S., in its:
  • partnership with Fountainhead Advisors, a New Jersey-based wealth management firm with more than US$1.2 billion in RAUM.
  • partnership with BluePointe Capital Management, a Menlo Park-based RIA with more than US$870 million in RAUM.
  • partnership with Olympus Wealth Management, a Salt Lake City metro area-based wealth management firm with more than US$850 million in RAUM.
• Ridgeview Partners, a growth-oriented technology private equity firm, in its strategic growth investment in Radiant Logic, a provider of secure identity management and zero trust architecture solutions.
• Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its US$7.7 billion take-private acquisition of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DNB), a global provider of business decisioning data and analytics.
• Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its significant majority growth investment in ModMed.
• Global consulting firm J.S. Held LLC in its acquisition of Luttrell Wegis LLP and MorrisAnderson.
• Nektar Therapeutics in its US$90 million sale of its manufacturing facility and reagent supply business to Ampersand Capital Partners.
• Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. and Francisco Partners, two global private equity firms, in their acquisition of Software Integrity Group (SIG) from Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) for total consideration of up to US$2.1 billion.
• Tengram Capital Partners in its sale of HRB Brands to Sodalis Group, a European-based beauty and personal care platform.
• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board in its strategic investment in Mitratech, acquisition of a minority stake in Orva and a large pension fund in the sale of an equity stake in an international shipping business.
• Ares and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board in their acquisition of a majority interest in TricorBraun.
• Saama Technologies in the strategic growth investment and acquisition of a majority stake in Saama by Carlyle and a co-investor group.
• Affiliates of Joseph Sanberg in a recapitalization of Blue Apron.
• ASGN Incorporated in its acquisition of GlideFast Consulting from BV Investment Partners.