Thomas R. Anderson
Partner
tanderson@hselaw.com
tel: 585.231.1106
fax: 585.232.2152
Tom Anderson, the head of our Mergers and Acquisitions practice, represents private and public companies in connection with mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and various intellectual property transactions.
Representative Experience
Tom’s M&A experience includes:
- Representing Eastman Kodak Company in connection with more than two dozen transactions, including the following:
- Aspects of the sale of digital imaging and personal imaging businesses in bankruptcy to the Kodak Pension Plan.
- Sale of CCD image sensor business to a Platinum Equity portfolio company.
- $125,000,000 sale of its Organic Light Emitting Diode Business to a group of LG Companies.
- Sale of the assets of its Israeli-based professional camera business to a Danish company.
- Acquisition of Bowe Bell + Howell’s production document scanner business.
- $250,000,000 acquisition of the worldwide assets of Scitex Digital Printing, Inc.
- Sale of health care related software and other intellectual property to IBA Health Limited in consideration of common stock traded on the Australian Stock Exchange.
- Represented Veramark Technologies, Inc. in connection with its sale to a private equity buyer through a public tender offer.
- Representing Carestream Health in connection with its acquisition of Quantum Medical Imaging’s radiology equipment business.
- Representing PAETEC Holding Corp. (Nasdaq) in connection with its nearly $65,000,000 acquisition of Xeta Technologies (Nasdaq) in a cash out merger.
- Representing American Express Inc. (NYSE) in connection with the sale of its wholesale vacation business to Apple Leisure Group, a Bain Capital Portfolio Company.
- Represented Wegmans Food Markets in connection with the divestiture of its egg production facilities.
Tom’s intellectual property transaction experience includes:
- Representing Eastman Kodak Company in several sales of patents and patent portfolios, including:
- Aspects of the sale of its digital capture patent portfolio in a bankruptcy auction to a consortium of companies.
- $65,000,000 sale of CMOS image sensor patent portfolio to Omnivision (NASDAQ).
- Sale of electophotographic printing patent portfolio to a non-practicing entity.
- Sale of digital content patents to a start-up engaged in the production of digital content.
- Representing Eastman Kodak Company in connection with the negotiation of more than a dozen licenses to some of the world’s largest electronics and imaging companies, including Casio, Hitachi, Motorola, Nikon, Nintendo, Philips, Sanyo, Sharp and, IMAX.
- Representing Eastman Kodak Company in connection with its $30,600,000 exclusive brand license to Signet Armorlite for eyeglass related products.
- Representing Bausch + Lomb in connection with worldwide license and joint development arrangements.
- Representing start-ups and other established companies in connection with licenses, development agreements and other intellectual property transactions.
Honors & Awards
- Recognized by Chambers USA from 2015-2020 in the field of Corporate/M&A
- Named as Best Lawyers® 2021 Corporate Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Rochester, NY
- Named as Best Lawyers® 2014 Mergers & Acquisitions Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Rochester, NY
- Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the fields of Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Selected to the Upstate New York Super Lawyers list, 2012-2020
- Albany Law Review, Albany Law School
- Phi Beta Kappa, University of Massachusetts
News
- Featured in, "Pandemic Will Lead to Opportunities for Some Industries, Businesses," Rochester Business Journal, April 3, 2020
Presentations
- Presenter, "Navigating the CARES Act: How Your Small Business May Benefit From Available Loan Programs," Harter Secrest & Emery LLP Webinar, March 31, 2020
Admissions
- New York
Education
- Albany Law School, J.D., magna cum laude
- University of Massachusetts, B.A., cum laude