
Thomas Bark
Experienced Startup/Corporate Attorney
Florida
NY
"He's great a lawyer and reviewed everything perfectly."
About
Thomas's prior experience includes 25 years at two top international law firms, including two years outside the US. Thomas gives practical and efficient advice in a manner that makes it simple for the client to understand. He will not waste your time with… read more unnecessary legalize or unimportant issues.
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"Thomas helped us draft a form service agreement for our business. This process required input from a number of our business people. Thomas was able to consolidate our comments and prepare a draft quickly for our review. He was able to understand the needs of our business quickly and helped us focus on those issues that were most important, rather than irrelevant legal terms. He completed the project on budget and on time. We would definitely hire Thomas again."
"Thomas assisted us in organizing our company. He explained the different types of entities in a manner that was easy to understand. The formation process was quick and painless. Given Thomas's extensive experience, he knew exactly what we needed and was able to quickly produce drafts for our review, together with a short list of questions for us to confirm. That made our internal review process much more efficient. Thomas also provided us practical advice in selecting Board members and guided us and our Board members in their duties as directors. He was able to answer our questions in a manner that was easy to understand and free of legalize. We enjoyed working with Thomas and would definitely use him again on our next project."
Work History
Freelance
Freelance Attorney
Jan 2016 - Present
Freelance attorney representing startups and personal clients in all corporate matters, including formation, finance, founders' issues, labor and contractors, acquisitions, dissolutions, vesting, tax, etc.
Represented 500+ startups in formation and founder issues; 100+ Series Seed/Series A financings; SAFE and convertible note issuances; acquisitions and dissolutions; 20+ founder departures, etc.
Jones Day
Partner
Jan 1998 - Dec 2015
Partner in M&A group, specializing in public and private acquisitions, securities, joint ventures, VC financing, corporate governance, joint ventures and cross-border transactions.
Willkie Farr
Associate
Sep 1990 - Jan 1998
Associate in corporate department, specializing in corporate, finance, securities, acquisitions, lending and joint ventures. Worked two years in Paris, France office.