Thomas P. Dwyer
Partner, Attorney at Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
About
Thomas P. Dwyer advises family owned businesses and companies in emerging technology on mergers and acquisitions. He co-chairs the Emerging Company + Venture Capital group at Troutman Pepper Locke, and emerging, middle market, and public companies use him as outside general counsel. He executes acquisitions and financings for private equity, growth equity, and venture capital clients. He earned a J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law and a B.A. from Brown University. Chambers USA lists him for Startups & Emerging Companies, and he has served as in-house counsel to a company's treasury and capital markets groups. His deals reach health care, life sciences, energy, fintech, and software companies.
Who is a good fit for Thomas P. Dwyer
- Founders of emerging technology companies raising venture capital.
- Owners of family owned businesses planning a merger or a sale.
- Private equity sponsors closing an acquisition of a company.
- Growth equity investors funding a middle market company.
Education and admissions
- Education
- University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1994
- Brown University, B.A., 1990
- Bar admissions
- New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Recognition
- Legal 500 United States: M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Venture Capital and Emerging Companies (2025-2026)
- Chambers USA: Startups & Emerging Companies, USA Nationwide (2024-2026)
- Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer (2019-2021) - independently rated lawyers
Specialties
Representative matters
As described on the firm’s website.
- Represented a specialty chocolatier in its sale to a private equity firm.
- Represented a Nasdaq-listed business services company in its initial public offering and the implementation of a nationwide acquisition program (16 acquisitions since IPO, including a $260 million merger in 2007). ($260,000,000, 2007)
- Represented a well-known Philadelphia-based private equity firm with respect to its initial investment in, and $55 million recapitalization of, a leading health care information technology company. ($55,000,000)
- Represented a major buyout fund in the acquisition of a portfolio company in the education space.
- Represented a family owned medical device manufacturer in its sale to a private equity-backed platform company through a merger.
- Represented a partnership in the sale of a majority interest in a race track/gaming operation to the world’s largest casino operator.
- Represented a Fortune 100 energy company in its strategic investment in an innovative solar technology company.
- Represented a private equity fund focused on energy technology and the water/energy nexus in its preferred stock investment in a water-focused environmental technology company.
- Represented a renewable energy developer in connection with the development of an 11.5 MW solar facility and the project’s sale to the renewable energy development arm of a Fortune 100 energy company.
- Represented a large infrastructure company in the purchase of its stone, gravel, and sand supplier.
Deal profile
- Typical deal size
- Any deal size
- Remote work
- In-person / regional