Meet Tom Burton

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Contact Tom:
1.617.348.3097
TRBurton@mintz.com
Full Bio on Mintz.com

When I founded an Energy and Sustainability Practice at Mintz in 2004, most law firms weren’t interested in investing in clean energy businesses. They sat back and said, “Let’s wait and see.” I’m not the type to sit and wait. I joined Mintz because we have an entrepreneurial culture that encourages innovative thinking — new practices and approaches. That support has helped me take the practice to a place where we’ve completed more than 500 transactions across energy sectors totaling more than $8 billion. I’ve served as counsel in the structuring and completion of more than 300 venture capital and private equity financings. We’ve raised billions of dollars. But we’ve done it, one client, at a time, one transaction at a time — helping companies through all stages of formation and financing. Handling exits. Managing transactions from private and public offerings to mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and technology transfer matters. We’re ready to take you as far as you can go.

 

Fun facts:
I love fly fishing (fresh and salt water), golf, and spending time tending to my vegetable garden.

If I weren’t a lawyer, I would be …
a venture capitalist.

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Education

  • JD, Boston College (Order of the Coif)

  • BA, Boston College

Here are some of the companies I’ve helped to grow and thrive:

  • EnerNOC

  • Ogin

  • Flodesign Sonics

  • Gradiant

  • GreatPoint Ventures

  • GreatPoint Energy

  • True North Venture Partners

  • VionX

  • New England Clean Energy Council

  • Big Belly Solar

  • FloDesign Sonics

  • EnerVid

  • Energy Innovation Capital

  • Boston Metal

  • XL Fleet

  • Wave Equity Partners

  • Windsail Capital

  • IRI Ventures

Professional details

  • Chair, Mintz Levin Energy Technology Practice

  • Chambers USA: Massachusetts – Energy & Natural Resources (2021 – 2022)

  • Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law (2015 – 2023); Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2021 - 2023); Energy Law (2015 - 2023)

  • Included on the Massachusetts Super Lawyers list: Securities & Corporate Finance (2004, 2010 – 2021)

  • Decade of Influence Award, Northeast Clean Energy Council (2017)

  • Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Securities & Corporate Finance (2004, 2010 – 2021)

  • Wunder Capital: 100 People Shaping Cleantech on Twitter (2015)

  • Recognized by The Legal 500 United States as “rising to the fore” in energy technology for Venture Capital and Emerging Companies (2014)