Jerry J. Thomas

Jerry earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School where he was senior editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Akron.

Prior to joining Calfee in 2009, Jerry was an Associate at the Chicago office of Mayer Brown LLP. 

Honors & Recognitions

• The Best Lawyers in America^®, Commercial Finance Law and Corporate Law (2025)

Education

J.D., Harvard Law School, 2007

B.A., The University of Akron, 2004

Experience

• Acted for the company in a refinancing/replacement of its syndicated receivables securitization facility. We negotiated transaction documentation, navigated inter-creditor issues, and managed the closing process, including the complex legal opinions that support these transactions.
• Represented the client in designing, structuring, documenting, and implementing a procurement program for the deployment of certain funds reserved for the development of electric vehicle (EV) charging station infrastructure, including advising on all procurement-related and project finance issues. This matter involved the development of a structure and documentation package for the development of EV charging infrastructure and related procurement activities and closing on more than 30 EV project sites.
• Represented a medical products manufacturing client, serving as ABL credit facility borrowers’ counsel, in negotiating loan documents on behalf of the Company and certain of its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries and new international holding company and part of the company's exit financing from bankruptcy. The specific matter involved a $40 million asset-based revolving credit facility.
• Represented the issuer under a note purchase agreement and negotiated transaction documents on behalf of the issuer. The specific matter involved the private placement of notes; proceeds were used for a European acquisition.
• Represented a European private equity-owned borrower and loan parties in the negotiation of the forbearance of its split lien structure credit facilities (asset-based revolving facility and term loan facility) and the negotiation of the refinancing of both facilities.