Thomas Apple

Background

About Thomas Apple

Tom’s passion is empowering enterprises to grow and flourish across dynamic business environments. He has achieved multiple successes in his career, negotiating contracts, closing transactions, addressing employment issues, resolving commercial and employment-related disputes, establishing compliance programs and more, with a pragmatic, business-oriented approach, all while minimizing enterprise risk. On the commercial side, Tom regularly negotiates and advises on a broad range of agreements and business and transactional issues (including antitrust, trade compliance, supply chain management, trade secret protection, FCPA, insurance, real estate, and intellectual property). He works closely with HR managers and their teams to handle employment law issues arising throughout the entire employee life cycle, including policies, hiring, leaves, compensation, accommodations, performance management, compliance, investigations, termination decisions and post-termination claims. Tom manages outside counsel, as needed, on acquisitions, disputes and specialty areas. His intelligence, caring, integrity and curiosity enable him to deal with ordinary and extraordinary issues effectively. Tom achieves successful legal outcomes with his collaborative, business-oriented, long-term approach. Key Accomplishments Resolved a race discrimination claim and a disability discrimination claim, both raised by protected class members, in California in 2022 Successfully closed acquisitions in various industries, including a series of medical products distributors to effect a roll-up strategy Developed and instituted a compliance program to mitigate risk Core Competencies Contract Negotiation | Labor and Employment Law | Dispute Resolution | Interpersonal Skills | Compliance Oversight | Legal Advice | Stakeholder Engagement | Contract Management | Analytical Skills | Legal Writing | Strategic Planning | Investigations | Problem Solving | Corporate Law | International Negotiations | Legal Research | Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)| Negotiation | Acquisitions | international Trade | Legal Compliance | Document Drafting | Corporate Governance | Corporate Strategy | Due Diligence | Business Strategy | Employee Engagement