Thomas ''Jeff'' Jefferson IV

Jeff Jefferson counsels private equity investors along with private companies and family offices in mergers and acquisitions and investment transactions, many of which are international in scope. Jeff works hard to understand his clients' businesses, their objectives and the markets in which they compete.

Jeff is Co-Chair of Locke Lord's International Transactions Practice Group, Co-Managing Partner of the Providence office and a key contact partner with The World Law Group.

Jeff's experience includes the representation of:

• Greenbacker Capital Management, LLC, through an affiliated fund, in its strategic investment in Swell Energy, a California-based residential energy storage developer and aggregator
• Arcline Investment Management in various acquisitions, including representing its portfolio company Integrated Polymer Solutions in the acquisition of International Rubber Products, Inc.
• HPS Partners in various equity investments, including in Revolt Media
• An investor group in multiple investment rounds in Ember Technologies, Inc.
• Mandarinfish Holding Corp.in the acquisition of Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) from Providence Equity Partners
• Murosa Development S.a.r.L. and Columbia Ventures Corporation in the sale of all of the shares of Hibernia NGS Limited to GTT Communications, Inc., for gross proceeds in excess of $600 million, consisting of approximately $535 million in cash plus 3.3 million shares of common stock in GTT
• THE SWITCH, North America's leading video solutions service provider, in its acquisition of Pacific Television Center, Inc. (PacTV), for an undisclosed value and a concurrent recapitalization by True Wind Capital
• Watson Holdings, LLC, in the sale of Watson Inc., a supplier of custom nutrient premixes and ingredients for the food industry, to Glanbia, Inc., a global food and ingredient supplier
• Private companies and their owners in sales to Accenture, Google, GTT Communications, Hewlett-Packard, Harbinger Group, NextWave and Summit Partners, among others
• Investor group, including Fenway Sports Group, in the acquisition of the Boston Red Sox Triple-A affiliate baseball team
• ABRY Partners in various investments, including in the $2 billion three-way merger involving Sidera Networks, Berkshire