Thomas S. Cullen

Practice Areas / Industries

Representative Engagements

Representative Engagements

• Represented seller in the sale of a nationwide insurance consulting company with multiple offices.
• Represented seller in the sale of a long-standing insurance brokerage in southeast Georgia, involving rollover equity and an internal restructuring.
• Represented seller in the sale of an international topical anesthetic and medical supplement company.
• Represented buyer in the acquisition of a solid waste collection and disposal business, including residential, commercial, and industrial services.
• Represented buyer in the acquisition of a bakery in Key West, Florida, including all assets and real property.
• Represented owner in the sale of a company’s stock to a publicly traded manufacturer, including establishing new benefit plans and an internal restructuring.
• Represented a multi-entity group of physician practices acquired by a private equity-backed healthcare company, focusing on skilled rehabilitation and transition care.
• Represented client in a subchapter F reorganization and the sale of membership interests to a private equity buyer investing in water infrastructure.
• Represented seller in the reorganization and sale of membership interests in specialty contracting services across Georgia and South Carolina.
• Represented owners in the sale of 75% of a subchapter C corporation’s shares to an industry peer.
• Represented seller in the reorganization and sale of a comprehensive financial and accounting services provider.
• Represented seller in the reorganization and sale of a provider of IT support and security services.
• Represented seller in the sale of a life insurance and annuities business operating in the Southeast.
• Represented purchaser in the acquisition of three real estate holding companies, handling negotiations, due diligence, and loan assumptions.
• Represented seller in the owner-financed sale of two dealer locations in Texas, managing all aspects of the transactions.
• Represented purchaser in the acquisition of a solid waste business, including various waste management services.
• Represented purchaser in the acquisition of properties and theaters in North Georgia, ensuring compliance with SBA Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program.
• Represented clients in the turnkey commercial foreclosure of a Vidalia onion farm, including real and personal property.
• Represented a South Carolina-based software development company in the acquisition of all assets of a business developing pharmaceutical data analysis software.
• Represented a healthcare business in the acquisition of a division of a publicly traded company manufacturing pharmaceutical products and related intellectual property.
• Represented a pharmaceutical company in the acquisition of all assets of a business developing pharmaceutical products and intellectual property.
• Represented the owner of a healthcare facility in the sale of a 51% interest to a medical education and research business.
• Represented a software development company in the sale of a substantial minority interest to a health information technology solutions provider.
• Represented seller of a wastewater treatment and technology business.
• Represented a construction company in the acquisition of a business engaged in the construction industry.
• Represented a healthcare provider in the acquisition of assets from a publicly traded company, including technology and intellectual property for pharmaceutical development.
• Represented minority owners of a timber company in a tax-free spinoff of certain assets.

Community Work

Community Work

• American Red Cross of Southeast and Coastal Georgia: Board of Directors, Past Chair
• Old Savannah City Mission: Board of Directors, Past Member
• Armstrong State University Educational Properties Foundation: Board of Directors, Past Member
• Leadership Savannah: Class of 2000-2002

Education

Education

University of Georgia School of Law: J.D., cum laude, 1994
University of Illinois: B.S., Economics, 1991

Affiliations

Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• Savannah Bar Association
• State Bar of Georgia: Legal Opinion Committee

Recognition

Recognition

Best Lawyers in America: Corporate Law, 2013-2024
Best Lawyers is the oldest and most highly-respected peer review guide to the legal profession worldwide. A listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers.

Georgia Trend Magazine Legal Elite: 2012-2013; 2015-2021; 2024
Georgia Trend Magazine’s annual listing of Georgia’s top attorneys, selected by their peers. The list includes eight practice areas: business law; personal injury litigation; criminal law; labor and employment; taxes, estates and trusts; bankruptcy and creditors’ rights; family law; and general practice/trial law.

Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Law, 2014 & 2020
The Best Lawyers in America named Tom Cullen the 2014 Lawyer of the Year for Savannah in the area of Corporate Law. Only one lawyer in each practice area and city is selected as the Lawyer of the Year. The award reflects the high level of respect an attorney has earned from his peers for his abilities, professionalism, and integrity.

Licensed In

Licensed In

Georgia

Articles

Presentations

Presentations

Keeping a watchful eye on potential fraud from within your organization: Learn the latest trends and email tactics
Presented by Tom Cullen and Christopher Smith in Savannah, Georgia, on May 19, 2016.

Media