Thomas Gross
Partner
Thomas Gross
Attorney with more than 30 years of experience advising on complex transactions, international regulatory matters, blockchain and cryptocurrency issues, project finance, and cross-border legal reform.
Thomas Gross is an attorney in Washington, DC, with over 30 years of experience focused on complex transactions and regulations, both domestic and international. His transactional background includes project-financing deals in the $250 million to $500 million range and work with financial institutions to obtain loan approvals and ratings from S&P and other institutions.
He has extensive international experience working with foreign governments on legal and regulatory reform designed to promote investment capital, including analyzing and drafting new energy laws for countries such as Indonesia, Bulgaria, and the Dominican Republic. He also has significant experience with blockchain and cryptocurrencies, including review of ICO and STO documentation and regulatory approvals.
Thomas was trained as a physicist and holds a graduate M.S. from Stanford University, where he worked at the Stanford Linear Accelerator, Livermore Labs, Los Alamos Labs, and in Silicon Valley in quantum physics. That scientific background informs his approach to technically sophisticated and highly regulated matters.
His work has included serving as General Counsel for an international company and advising on corporate governance, distributed ledger security, FCPA issues, intellectual property rights related to blockchain, licensing, contracts, securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, privacy and HIPAA issues, and patient data ownership.
Sophisticated cross-border counsel shaped by finance, regulation, science, and emerging technology experience
Deep Transactional and Finance Experience
Thomas advises on high-value project finance and complex transactions, including major energy construction matters and financing structures involving ratings, approvals, and sophisticated institutional participation.
International Regulatory Perspective
His work with foreign governments on legal and regulatory reform gives clients valuable insight into how investment, infrastructure, and cross-border business activity interact with changing legal systems.
Rare Technical and Blockchain Fluency
With training as a physicist and substantial experience in blockchain, cryptocurrencies, ICOs, STOs, and distributed ledger issues, Thomas brings unusual depth to technically complex legal matters.
Representative areas of legal and strategic support
- Complex domestic and international transactions
- Project finance and large-scale energy construction matters
- International legal and regulatory reform to support investment capital
- Blockchain and cryptocurrency regulatory analysis
- ICO and STO documentation review and approvals
- Corporate governance, licensing, contracts, and FCPA counseling
- Securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and healthcare privacy issues
- Distributed ledger security, intellectual property, and patient data ownership matters
Work With Thomas
Strategic counsel for complex transactions, project finance, international regulatory matters, blockchain and cryptocurrency issues, and technically sophisticated legal challenges across domestic and global markets.