Thomas Engelhardt represents clients on a broad range of M&A and private equity transactions.

Thomas draws on his cross-industry experience to advise private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies, and strategic businesses across the investment life cycle, including in connection with:

  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Sales, dispositions, and carve-outs
  • Controlling and minority investments
  • Reorganizations
  • General corporate matters

Thomas focuses on delivering practical, solutions-oriented advice and leveraging the firm’s global platform to deliver the resources clients need for successful transactions.

During law school, Thomas served as a notes and comments editor of the St. John’s Law Review.

Thomas’ experience includes advising:

Private Equity Representations

  • Advent on its pending sale of Ultra Mission Solutions (a defense technology business) to Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH)
  • ArcLight Capital Partners on multiple transactions, including its:
    • Acquisition of Advanced Power (a developer, manager, and owner of modern power assets)
    • Acquisition of Lordstown Energy Center (a 940 MW power plant in Warren, OH) from Macquarie Infrastructure Partners
    • Acquisition of Brandywine Power (a 250 MW power plant in Prince George’s County, MD) from Onward Energy
    • Acquisition of Middletown Energy Center (a 484 MW power plant in Butler County, OH)
    • Acquisition of a majority interest in Kleen Energy Systems (a 620 MW power plant in Middletown, CT)
    • Acquisitions of neighboring 162 MW and 197 MW onshore wind farms in the Midland Basin in TX
    • Sale of Associated Asphalt (a liquid asphalt distributor)
    • Sale of a minority interest in the Perdido Regional Host (a deepwater spar platform in the Gulf of Mexico)
  • Blackstone Infrastructure Partners and Applegreen on the acquisition of HMSHost’s US motorways business
  • CI Capital Partners on its acquisition of SavATree (a tree, shrub, and lawn care provider) and its sales of Material Handling Solutions (a commercial equipment distributor) and Tech Air (a specialty gas distributor)*
  • KPS Capital Partners on its sale of Expera Specialty Solutions (a paper and packaging manufacturer) to Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj*
  • Leonard Green & Partners on its sale of CPA Global (an IP management software and services provider) to Clarivate (NYSE: CLVT)
  • Oak Hill Capital Partners on its sale of FirstLight Fiber (a fiber-optic broadband network operator) to Antin Infrastructure Partners*
  • One Rock Capital Partners on its sale of Monarch Landscape Companies (a commercial landscaping business) to Audax
  • Searchlight Capital Partners on multiple transactions, including its take-private acquisition of Hemisphere Media Group (NASDAQ: HMTV) (a Spanish-language media company) and its controlling investment in Sightline Payments (a digital payment and wallet solutions provider)

Public & Private Company Representations

  • American Renal Associates (NYSE: ARA) (an outpatient dialysis services provider) on its take-private sale to Nautic Partners
  • The Aspen Group, a Leonard Green & Partners and Ares Management portfolio company, on its acquisitions of ClearChoice (a dental implant centers network) and AZPetVet (a veterinary hospitals network)
  • Gulf Oil, an ArcLight Capital Partners portfolio company, on its sales of four refined products terminals to Global Partners (NYSE: GLP) and its marketing business and US trademarks to RaceTrac
  • People Incorporated, f/k/a IAC Inc. (NASDAQ: PPLI), on its sale of Care.com (an online marketplace for care services) to Pacific Avenue Capital Partners
  • Sightline Payments on its acquisition of Joingo (a mobile platform for the gaming industry)
  • Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (NYSE: TMHC) on its acquisition of AV Homes (NASDAQ: AVHI) (a homebuilder)*
  • Terra-Gen on the preferred investment in its 128.7 MW Lockhart battery storage project in California and 238.5 MW Monte Cristo I wind project in Texas by Cypress Infrastructure
  • WPP plc (NYSE: WPP) on carve-out sales by Blue State Digital and Triad Digital Media, its majority sale of Kantar to Bain Capital, the Wunderman Thompson restructuring, and its acquisition of XumaK*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, St. John’s University School of Law, 2015
    summa cum laude
  • BS, Marist College, 2012
    summa cum laude