Covington Adds Senior M&A Partner

Covington Adds Senior M&A Partner

April 4, 2017

WASHINGTON—Thomas Repke, who has extensive M&A private practice and in-house experience, has joined Covington as a partner in its Mergers and Acquisitions practice in Washington.

Most recently, Mr. Repke served as lead counsel for Tyco on all M&A, divestiture, joint venture, and investment transactions across all business units. While at Tyco, he helped successfully close over 100 such transactions. Previously, Mr. Repke was an M&A partner at a major international law firm.   

With significant experience handling complex domestic and cross-border transactions, Mr. Repke will represent both public and private companies in a wide variety of corporate transactional matters. His practice will focus primarily on the representation of clients operating in regulated industries, including industrial, security, financial services, technology, government contracts, aerospace & defense, communications, and life sciences industries.

“Tom brings additional depth to our M&A bench, and his experience at Tyco with companies providing security services to governments, financial institutions, and industrial enterprises will benefit our clients in the defense and security and financial services industries,” said Scott Smith, chair of Covington’s Corporate practice. 

“I look forward to contributing to the growth of Covington’s M&A practice,” said Mr. Repke. “Covington’s deep expertise across regulated industries provides me with the ideal platform to bring value in a variety of practices to my relationships.” 

Mr. Repke received his B.A. from The College of William and Mary and a J.D. degree from the University of Virginia.