Thomas Knowlton, Litigation Division
Tom Knowlton received his B.A. degree in Mathematics, cum laude, in 1981 from Williams College and his law degree, magna cum laude, in 1989 from Boston College Law School. Before attending law school, Tom taught Math and Latin at the Roxbury Latin School in Boston, Massachusetts. After law school, Tom clerked for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and then worked at the Boston law firm of Hill & Barlow.
Tom has worked in the Attorney General s Office since 1994. In January 2021, Attorney General Aaron Frey promoted Tom to Deputy Attorney General and Chief of the Litigation Division. Tom has argued more than 30 cases in the Maine Law Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, including:
RTPR has advised 123FormBuilder and its shareholders, Catalyst Romania, Florin Cornianu and Adrian Gheara, in relation to the investment of 212, a venture capital fund specialised in tech companies. 123FormBuilder is an online platform that helps individuals and businesses create forms, surveys, quizzes, and polls online, without requiring coding skills.
The RTPR team included Alina Stavaru (Partner), Marina Fecheta-Giurgica (Associate) and Raluca Marcu (Junior Associate), and Andrei Mihul (Senior Associate) on competition aspects.
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We are extremely happy to continue the series of M&A deals successfully signed by the RTPR team lately, this being the 9th in less than two months. We are pleased to have advised our clients on this transaction, especially that back in 2015 we assisted Catalyst Romania on its initial investment in the company. The success of Romanian IT companies is recognised at global level and the fact that 123FormBuilder attracted a new investor is yet another p