Profile: Thomas A Cole
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Law Firm: | Sidley Austin LLP |
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| Office: |
Sidley Austin LLP One South Dearborn Street 60603 |
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| City: | Chicago | |
| State: | Illinois | |
| Country: | USA | |
| Tel: | +1 312 853 7473 | |
| Fax: | +1 312 853 7036 | |
| Email: | tcole@sidley.com |
Mergers and Acquisitions
Biography: Mergers and Acquisitions
Thomas A Cole serves as chairman of Sidley's executive committee and maintains a substantial practice along with his management responsibilities. His practice areas include mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. He has been at Sidley since graduating from law school in 1975, was promoted to the partnership in 1981 and has been in firm management since 1987.Mr Cole has handled dozens of public company mergers, including the following valued at more than $1 billion: Clear Channel/THLee and Bain (representing special committee - pending); EOP/Blackstone (pending); Exelon/PSEG (terminated); Alberto-Culver/Clayton Dubilier; Tellabs/AFC; IMC/Cargill; Williams/Barrett (including the successful defense against Shell); Kimberly-Clark/Scott Paper; Monsanto/DeKalb Genetics; Jefferson Smurfit/Stone Container; Interpublic Group/True North; Wolters Kluwer/CCH; Fred Meyer/QFC; Aon/Alexander & Alexander; IMC Global/Vigoro; Tribune/Renaissance Communications; and LBOs of Northwest Industries and Ohio Mattress. Corporate governance assignments have included acting as special counsel to boards of directors and to the audit, special transaction and investigative committees of many public corporations.
Mr Cole taught the corporate governance seminar at the University of Chicago Law School. He is a frequent lecturer and panelist on a variety of corporate and securities law subjects.
In 2001, Mr Cole was recognised by Chambers Global, the London-based publication, as one of 26 US lawyers included in its list of the Global 100 Lawyers - "lawyers who stand out from their colleagues and are recognised internationally".
Mr Cole serves on the boards of the University of Chicago, Northwestern Memorial Hospital and The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and its civic committee. He is a member of the legal advisory committee to the board of the New York Stock Exchange. He received his JD from the University of Chicago (Order of the Coif) and his AB from the Johns Hopkins University (Phi Beta Kappa).
This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers which can be purchased from our bookstore.
Corporate Governance
Biography: Corporate Governance
Thomas A Cole serves as chairman of Sidley's executive committee and maintains a substantial practice along with his management responsibilities. His practice areas include mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. He has been at Sidley since graduating from law school in 1975, was promoted to the partnership in 1981 and has been in firm management since 1987.Mr Cole has handled dozens of public company mergers, including the following valued at more than US$1 billion: Clear Channel/THLee and Bain (representing special committee - pending); EOP/Blackstone; Exelon/PSEG (terminated); Tribune/ESOP - Zell (pending); ServiceMaster/Clayton Dubilier (pending); CDW/Madison Dearborn (pending); Alberto-Culver/Clayton Dubilier; Tellabs/AFC; IMC/Cargill; Williams/Barrett (including the successful defense against Shell); Kimberly-Clark/Scott Paper; Monsanto/DeKalb Genetics; Jefferson Smurfit/Stone Container; Interpublic Group/True North; Wolters Kluwer/CCH; Fred Meyer/QFC; Aon/Alexander & Alexander; IMC Global/Vigoro; Tribune/Renaissance Communications; and LBO's of Northwest Industries and Ohio Mattress. Corporate governance assignments have included acting as special counsel to boards of directors and to the audit, special transaction and investigative committees of many public corporations.
Mr Cole taught the corporate governance seminar at the University of Chicago Law School. He is a frequent lecturer and panelist on a variety of corporate and securities law subjects.
In 2001, Mr Cole was recognised by Chambers Global, the London-based publication, as one of 26 US lawyers included in its list of the "Global 100 Lawyers"- "Lawyers who stand out from their colleagues and are recognised internationally".
Mr Cole serves on the boards of the University of Chicago, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and its civic committee. He received his JD from the University of Chicago (Order of the Coif) and his AB from The Johns Hopkins University (Phi Beta Kappa).
This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers which can be purchased from our bookstore.