Thomas M. Maxwell is a partner in Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s Indianapolis, Indiana office. He practices in the Corporate Department primarily in the areas of securities law, financial institution regulation and general corporate matters. He has acted as issuer’s and underwriter’s counsel in numerous offerings of securities including initial public offerings and private placements. He also regularly advises publicly-held companies and their directors on corporate governance matters, disclosure obligations and other matters under federal securities laws, including compliance with various aspects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Mr. Maxwell also regularly advises financial institution clients on a wide range of strategic transactions, including formation of banks and trust companies, representing buyers and sellers in acquisition transactions, forming holding companies for depository institutions, representing financial institutions as issuers in offering of securities, structuring and obtaining regulatory approval for acquisitions and representing banks in regulatory proceedings. He also provides advice on banking regulatory matters, including matters arising under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Truth in Lending Act and federal consumer lending statutes. He also advises corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies in a variety of complex transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, or sales of assets or securities.

Before joining Barnes & Thornburg, Mr. Maxwell worked as a senior attorney for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Boston, Mass. and prior to that, in the Office of Chief Counsel of the Office of Thrift Supervision in Chicago, Ill., and Washington, D.C.