Thomas A. Allen

Thomas A. Allen is a business and venture capital attorney who advises entrepreneurs, startups, venture capital funds, and private equity clients. He has more than 20 years of experience working with companies and investors across technology, life sciences, healthcare, and other industries. His practice focuses on emerging companies, investment funds, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and general company representation.

Tom earned his B.A., cum laude, from Harvard University. He later received his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School. His academic background supports his work in business law, securities matters, financing structures, and fund-related transactions. This training helps him evaluate legal risks, structure agreements, and provide practical guidance to companies, founders, investors, and fund sponsors.

Tom serves as outside general counsel to private companies at all stages of growth. He advises on formation, founder stock, capitalization, equity incentive plans, stockholder agreements, securities offerings, fundraising, commercial contracts, and corporate governance. His experience also includes SAFEs, convertible notes, preferred stock financings, mergers, acquisitions, secondary transactions, dissolutions, and liquidity planning for growing businesses.

Thomas A. Allen also advises venture capital and private equity fund sponsors on fund formation, investments, governance, regulatory compliance, and portfolio company matters. His representative work includes seed, Series A, Series B, and Series C financings, as well as private equity and venture capital fund formations. He has been recognized for work in venture capital law, biotechnology and life sciences, corporate law, and mergers and acquisitions.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
• Member, North Carolina Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association

Licensed State

• North Carolina

Education

• Harvard Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Harvard University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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