Thomas Fina

Tom Fina represents companies before the competition agencies in the United States and around the world. He has guided hundreds of transactions through the U.S. and international antitrust merger review process, appearing before the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, the Competition Directorate of the European Commission, MOFCOM (China), the UK Competition and Markets Authority, the Norwegian Competition Authority, the Brazilian competition authority, CADE, and the Mexican competition commission, COFECE. Mr. Fina has also counseled numerous companies with respect to the analysis, formation and reportability of joint ventures in the U.S. and other jurisdictions. He represents clients in a wide range of industries including energy, petrochemicals, oilfield services, industrials, manufacturing, mining equipment, medical devices, consumer products, building products, insurance and software. He is a member of the Baker Botts Oil & Gas M&A team.

Mr. Fina's experience includes representing numerous companies in antitrust audits, internal investigations and in designing and implementing antitrust compliance programs in the United States and internationally; criminal grand jury investigations involving medical services, sulfuric acid, metal containers, petroleum drill bits, molded door skins and industrial diamonds; and civil non-merger investigations in aluminum manufacturing, aluminum processing, float glass, insurance, hazardous waste disposal, trade association activities and athletic shoes.

• Westlake Chemical in its acquisition of Boral North America
• Westlake Chemical in its acquisition of Lasco Fittings, Inc.
• CenterPoint Energy in the sale of its interests in Enable Midstream Partners to Energy Transfer
• CenterPoint Energy in the sale of its Arkansas and Oklahoma natural gas LDC businesses to Summit Utilities
• Angel Brothers in the sale of its asphalt business to CRH Americas
• McDermott International in the sale of its Lummus Technology business to Haldia Petrochemicals/Rhone Capital
• Cabot Oil & Gas in its merger with Cimarex Energy
• Carrizo Oil & Gas in its merger with Callon Petroleum
• Kraton in the sale of its Cariflex business to Daelim Industrial Co.
• Kraton in its acquisition of Arizona Chemical
• Chesapeake in its acquisition of Wildhorse Resource Development Company
• WorleyParsons in its acquisition of Jacobs' Energy, Chemicals & Resources Division
• Gaylord Chemical in its acquisition by Eagle Tree Capital
• U.S. Silica in its acquisition of EP Minerals
• McDermott International in its acquisition of Chicago Bridge & Iron
• Centerpoint in its acquisition of Enogex
• Baker Hughes in its acquisition of BJ Services
• Halliburton in its acquisition of Multichem
• National Oilwell Varco in its acquisition of Robbins & Myers, Inc.
• National Oilwell Varco in its acquisition of Ameron International
• Hercules Offshore in its acquisition of Seahawk Drilling's rigs
• Wood Group PLC in the sale of its Well Support Division to General Electric
• Universal Compression in its merger with Hanover Compressor to form Exterran
• Merger of Hercules Offshore and TODCO (represented both parties)
• Merger of National Oilwell Inc. and Varco International, Inc. (represented both parties)
• National Oilwell Varco in the formation of the Intelliserv joint venture with Schlumberger
• Grant Prideco in the sale of its TTS business to Vallourec
• National Oilwell Varco in its acquisition of Grant Prideco (represented both parties)
• Valspar Corporation in its acquisition of the powder coatings business of H.B. Fuller Co.
• NeighborCare, Inc. in its acquisition by Omnicare, Inc. in conjunction with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
• PepsiCo, Inc. in its acquisition of The Quaker Oats Company
• Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS) in its acquisition of Structural Dynamics Research Corporation
• General Mills in its acquisition of RTE cereal assets from Ralcorp
• 3M in its acquisition of Racal Health and Safety
• 3M in its acquisition of pharmaceutical assets from Curatek
• Fortune Brands in its acquisition of American Locks
• Baker Hughes in its WesternGeco joint venture with Schlumberger
• Friede & Goldman, Ltd. in its acquisition of Halter Marine Group
• Bucyrus Erie in its acquisition of Global Industrial Technologies
• Cooper Cameron Corporation in its acquisition of Orbit Valves

Highly Recommended, GCR Texas Antitrust Bar Survey (2017)

Recommended for Antitrust: Merger Control in The Legal 500 U.S. (2016)

AV® Peer Review Rated Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell (2012)

Named as a BTI Client Service All-Star (2011)

Merger Process Reform Working Group, American Bar Association, Antitrust Section (2008-2010)

Vice Chair, Compliance and Ethics Committee, American Bar Association, Antitrust Section (2007-2008)

Merger Process Reform Task Force, American Bar Association, Antitrust Section (2005-2006)

Vice Chair, Mergers and Acquisitions Committee, American Bar Association, Antitrust Section (2002-2005)

Merger Review Working Group, American Bar Association, Antitrust Section (2001-2002)

Task Force on HSR Investigations, American Bar Association, Antitrust Section (2000-2001)

American Bar Association, Antitrust Section (1989-2021)