Ryan Thomas

Practice Areas

Ryan Thomas is the chair of the firm’s Private Equity Team and co-chair of the Healthcare Private Equity Team. Ryan focuses his practice on representing national, middle market private equity firms and their portfolio companies on a broad range of strategic and private equity transaction structures, including mergers, tender offers, going private and leveraged buyout transactions and other recapitalizations with an aggregate value exceeding $60 billion. He also counsels issuers, strategic investors and national and regional growth equity firms in private and public placements of equity and debt securities.

Ryan’s practice focuses on middle market transactions within the healthcare, life sciences, technology/software, retail and food & beverage, government services and manufacturing industries, among others. He also advises management, boards and special committees on shareholder activism, corporate governance and public company disclosure and merger matters.

Ryan's practice includes:

- Mergers and acquisitions

- Private equity

- Growth equity

- Securities transactions

- International transactions

- Corporate governance

- Public company disclosures

- Joint ventures, licensing and commercial transactions

Career

Joined Bass, Berry & Sims in 2004 in its Nashville office.

Ryan previously practiced in Boston, MA with Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP (1999-2004).

Professional Memberships

Association for Corporate Growth, Tennessee Chapter: Board Member

American Bar Association: Business Law and M&A Committees; Business Law Today, Executive Editor, M&A (2017) and Deal Points, Editor (2016-2018)

American Health Law Association (AHLA)

Personal

JD, Vanderbilt Law School

BA, Trinity College

Awards