Executive Profile

Thomas C. Washbush
CFA Columbus

T/  614.457.9219
F/  614.457.9211
E/  twashbush@cfaw.com

Thomas Washbush is General Counsel and Director of Acquisition Services for the Ohio Region of Corporate Finance Associates.   With more than 16 years in corporate law and investment banking, Tom focuses his national practice on mergers, acquisitions, restructuring and capital market financing. In the past 15 years he has structured financing in excess of $17 billion. Tom represents sellers, buyers, private equity providers, national banking associations, underwriters, trustees and placement agents. Tom is a partner in his current firm and has held similar positions with other firms as well as serving as chief of staff and general counsel to the Ohio Department of Development. He is the author of numerous articles including ones entitled "Ohio Tax Credits Offers Companies Incentives To Invest In Technology", "Financing Your Business", "Planning to Sell Your Business", "Shopping Around: Buying a Trucking Company Through Asset vs. Stock Acquisition" and "Are You Venture Ready?"

Tom attended Bowling Green State University and Capital University. He holds a bachelor's degree and jurist doctor degree. He is a member of the following scholastic honoraries: Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board, Golden Torch, Antaeans and Pi Sigma Alpha. He was the recipient of the Sidney Froham and Alumni scholarships.

Mr. Washbush was awarded the Columbus Jaycee's Outstanding Young Citizen, the Bowling Green University Distinguished Service Award and the Bowling Green University's Board of Trustees Commendations and Business First Forty under Forty award.

Tom serves on a variety of boards including the Ohio Industrial Technology Enterprise Committee and as founder and president of the Association for Corporate Growth- Columbus and the In-house committee of the Ohio Bar Association.

Relying on his legal experience, Tom is effective in working with sellers in structuring their transactions effectively to maximize their returns and minimize their tax exposure. Tom's vast network of financial sources is of benefit to those executives looking to finance an acquisition or restructure their company's capital structure. Tom has lead deals ranging in size from $1 million to $2.3 billion. He has assisted in the acquisitions of publicly held and private held companies in a variety of markets including manufacturing, healthcare, software development and service enterprises.