About
J. Forbes Thompson represents private equity and corporate buyers and sellers in many multimillion-dollar mergers, acquisitions, and asset purchases. She assists both public and private companies with these deals. As a partner at Williams Mullen in Richmond, Virginia, she concentrates her practice on corporate transactions. She earned a Juris Doctor from Wake Forest University School of Law. She also earned a Master of Business Administration from Wake Forest University, Babcock Graduate School of Management. She assists insurance companies and insurance brokerages, software and technology firms, and manufacturing and distribution companies.
Who is a good fit for J. Forbes Thompson
- Private equity firms buying or selling a company in a multimillion-dollar transaction.
- Owners of an insurance company or insurance brokerage entering a merger.
- Software and technology companies buying a business or selling one.
- Owners buying or selling a manufacturing or distribution company.
Education and admissions
- Education
- Wake Forest University School of Law, J.D.
- Wake Forest University, Babcock Graduate School of Management, M.B.A.
- Davidson College, B.A.
- Bar admissions
- District of Columbia, North Carolina, Virginia
Specialties
Buy-side M&A representationSell-side M&A representationAsset purchase agreements
Representative matters
As described on the firm’s website.
- Represented an insurance brokerage company in acquisitions of multiple regional insurance agencies.
- Represented a technology and services developer of infrared sensors that helps detect and prevent potential threats to satellites and other U.S. assets in space in an investment by a private equity firm that targets investments in the aerospace, transportation and logistics sectors.
- Representation of a non-hazardous wastewater treatment services provider in their sale to a private equity firm.
- Representation of a vacation property management company in the acquisition of a large vacation property rental management company, related companies employing maintenance and housekeeping personnel, three commercial real estate properties and a real estate brokerage.
- Representation of two Florida-based packaging manufacturers in their sale to a private equity firm.
- Represented several regional orthodontics practices as well as individual principals in their respective sales.
- Representation of a leading provider of reusable modular construction enclosures in its sale to a private equity firm, which included the creation of a new ESOP structure.
- Representation of a California-based tire and service center with over 30 retail stores and a distribution center to a leading provider of automotive undercar repair and tire services.
- Representation of a leading provider of air, water, and soil testing in the mid-Atlantic region in a sale of stock to a high-growth environmental services company.
Deal profile
- Typical deal size
- Any deal size
- Remote work
- In-person / regional