

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, "Will the CARES Act help keep companies afloat?" WBFO - NPR Buffalo/Toronto, April 16, 2020
- Featured in, "Pandemic Will Lead to Opportunities for Some Industries, Businesses," Rochester Business Journal, April 3, 2020
Press Releases
- Harter Secrest & Emery Attorneys Named to 2020 Upstate New York Super Lawyers, Rising Stars Lists, August 25, 2020
- Harter Secrest & Emery Shines in Prestigious Chambers USA 2020 Rankings, April 24, 2020
- Harter Secrest & Emery Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers In America 2020, August 15, 2019
- Harter Secrest & Emery Shines in Prestigious Chambers USA 2019 Rankings, April 25, 2019
- Harter Secrest & Emery Attorneys Named to 2019 Upstate New York Super Lawyers, Rising Stars Lists, August 14, 2019
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