Thomas H. Redekopp
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
100 High Street, Suite 2400
Boston, MA 02110-1724
USA
Phone: +1 857 488 4231
Fax: +1 857 284 0052
Email: THRedekopp@duanemorris.com

Thomas H. Redekopp represents public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions. Mr. Redekopp also represents venture capital funds and other institutional investors with respect to their portfolio investments in operating companies. Additionally, he serves as clients' outside general counsel and advises them on securities law, Delaware corporate law, contract law, corporate governance and other corporate matters.

Mr. Redekopp has represented companies operating in the technology (including electronics, photonics, information technology, software and specialty materials), life sciences, renewable and clean energy and utilities sectors.

Mr. Redekopp is a 1999 graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and a 1996 graduate of the University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Corporate Finance
• Securities Law
• Corporate Law

Representative Matters

Corporate Finance

• Unitil Corporation (a public utility holding company) in its $69.7 million underwritten public offering of common stock.
• A developer of a distributed computing platform in its private placement of convertible notes.
• A private equity fund with respect to an investment in the preferred stock of a developer of orthopedic implants.
• A provider of online portfolio management for early childhood education in its private placement of preferred stock.
• Unitil Corporation in its $25.0 million private placement of senior unsecured notes.
• Unitil Corporation in its $15.0 million private placement of first mortgage bonds.
• Unitil Corporation in its $54.0 million underwritten public offering of common stock.
• Unitil Corporation in its $45.4 million underwritten public offering of common stock.
• A developer of specialty polymers and chemical intermediaries in its follow-on private placement of preferred stock.
• A strategic institutional investor with respect to its sale of a portion of its investment in a private software developer.
• Blackboard Inc. (a provider of enterprise software applications and related services to the education industry) in a $67.3 million public offering of common stock by selling stockholders.
• A developer of specialty polymers and chemical intermediaries in its private placement of preferred stock.
• A developer of biorefineries for the production of bio-based chemicals and fuels in its private placement of debt, equity and equity derivatives.
• A “cloud” content management company in its private placement of preferred stock.
• A software developer and web-based provider of remote connectivity solutions in its private placement of preferred stock.
• A venture capital fund with respect to a follow-on investment in the preferred stock of a developer of converged Voice Over Internet Protocol, data and video applications.
• U.S. counsel to a developer of high-efficiency solid-state lighting in its private placement of preferred stock.
• A developer and manufacturer of high-end active photonic components and subsystems for optical networks in its private placement of preferred stock.
• A venture capital investor with respect to its investment in a private pharmaceutical development company.
• A venture capital fund with respect to an investment in the preferred stock of a developer of converged Voice Over Internet Protocol, data and video applications.
• A developer of semiconductor design verification software in its private placement of preferred stock.
• A venture capital fund with respect to an investment in the preferred stock of a developer of automated optical inspection systems.
• A venture capital fund with respect to a follow-on investment in the preferred stock of a provider of fiber optical networking infrastructure.
• A venture capital fund with respect to an investment in the preferred stock of a provider of fiber optical networking infrastructure.
• A provider of online data backup services in its private placement of preferred stock.
• MatrixOne, Inc. (a provider of collaborative product lifecycle management solutions) in its $143.8 million initial public offering of common stock.

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Illumina, Inc. (a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of life science tools and integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and function) in its successful defense of Roche Holding Ltd's unsolicited $6.8 billion tender offer and related proxy contest.
• Blackboard Inc. (a provider of enterprise software applications and related services to the education industry) in its $1.64 billion sale to a private equity group led by Providence Equity Partners L.L.C.
• Blackboard Inc. in its $59.6 million acquisition of Wimba, Inc.
• Blackboard Inc. in its $34.9 million acquisition of Saf-TNet, Inc.
• A developer and manufacturer of rugged electronic systems in its acquisition of a private developer of open architecture-based computing platforms.
• Blackboard Inc. in its $199.0 million acquisition of The NTI Group, Inc.
• Candela Corporation (a developer of laser and light-based medical devices) in its acquisition of a private medical device company.
• A developer of reinforcement products for the composite industry in its sale to a public developer of composite materials.
• The principal stockholders of a public healthcare technology company in its $1.2 billion sale to a public multinational conglomerate.
• A venture capital fund-of-funds with respect to its purchases of limited partnership interests on the secondary market.
• A provider of data management solutions for clinical trials and drug safety in its acquisition of a developer of mobile applications for patient data entry and management.

Professional Activities

• American Bar Association

Admissions

• Massachusetts

Education

• University of Toronto, LL.B., 1999
• University of Waterloo, B.App.Sc., Electrical Engineering, with first class honors, 1996

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  -Partner, 2012-present
• Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
  -Partner, 2009-2012
  -Associate, 2003-2008
• Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP
  -Associate, 1999-2003

Honors and Awards

• Listed in Massachusetts Rising Stars, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010

Selected Publications

• Quoted in "Boutique Banks Ride Conflict Fears Up M&A League Tables," Law360, April 3, 2013
• Co-author, "3 Tips for Limiting Liability in the Digital Age," Law360, January 23, 2013