J. Thomas Bashore II works with real estate investment trusts and other public and private companies. He concentrates in business formation, corporation law and corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, public reporting and disclosure obligations, and public offerings of debt and equity securities.
Experience
Representative Matters
- Represented a privately held company in the sale of all of its membership interests
- Represented a privately held corporation in the sale of substantially all of the assets of one of its divisions
- Represented, as Maryland corporate counsel, publicly held real estate investment trusts in underwritten public offerings of common stock and debt securities in the amount of $300 million or more and in underwritten public offerings of preferred stock in the amount of $50 million or more
- Represented, as Maryland corporate counsel, privately held real estate investment trusts in connection with obtaining subscription secured credit facilities
Professional Highlights
Professional Activities
American Bar Association, Section of Business Law
Maryland State Bar Association, Section of Business Law
Recognition & Accomplishments
Chambers USA, REITs: Maryland Counsel (Nationwide), 2022, 2023
The Legal 500 US, Real Estate and Construction - Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), "Rising Star," 2019-2023
Named "Rising Star—Maryland" by IFLR 1000 for M&A and Real Estate, 2020-2023
Board Memberships & Community Service
Former Board president, Towson (Maryland) Presbyterian Preschool
Credentials
Education
Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D. 2001)
Executive Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Duke University (A.B. 1994, cum laude)
Admissions
Maryland