- Practices
- Restructuring M&A disputes
- Education
- J.D., University of Michigan Law School, cum laudeB.S., Northwestern University — Economics
- Admissions
- New YorkU.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts, S.D.N.Y. & E.D.N.Y.
- Contact
- tellison@westbrookhayes.example
Associate · Restructuring & Transaction Disputes
Thomas W. Ellison
“Most 'legal' disputes in a restructuring are arithmetic wearing a suit.”
Thomas Ellison came to the firm from an economics background and puts it to work in matters where the argument is a model: valuation fights, waterfall disputes, and earn-out math. Partners hand him the spreadsheet the case turns on; opposing experts meet him at deposition.
He co-authors the firm's client alerts on earn-out and purchase-price disputes.
Representative matters
Fictional matters shown on a sample site; past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
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Core team member on the $175M fraudulent-transfer trial for a post-confirmation litigation trust.
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Argued contested first- and second-day motions in a $2B chapter 11 case — in his second year.
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Builds the valuation and waterfall models the firm's restructuring cases are tried on.
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Supports expedited deal litigation, including the firm's specific-performance win compelling a $900M closing.