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Tomer Vandsburger

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Tomer Vandsburger

Tomer advises on employee benefit plan design and administration, including qualified retirement, nonqualified, and group health and welfare plans, employment agreements, and executive benefits.

Tomer Vandsburger advises clients with ERISA, Internal Revenue Code, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), COBRA, and Affordable Care Act issues. He assists plan sponsors with plan drafting and compliance issues, and responses to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) plan audits and assessments. Tomer also supports clients on benefit plan issues arising in mergers and acquisitions as well as other corporate transactions, including through due diligence, negotiation of purchase agreements and disclosure schedules, and in implementing benefit transition plans. 

Tomer also regularly advises healthcare providers, provider networks (including both for-profit and nonprofit entities), and health tech clients on HIPAA compliance issues throughout the development and implementation of HIPAA compliance programs. He also drafts HIPAA compliance policies and procedures, negotiates business associate agreements, reviews security breaches, analyzes breach notification options, and drafts responses to audits initiated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and state-based attorneys general on behalf of both health tech and traditional healthcare clients. 

Another focus of Tomer’s practice is multiemployer pension plan (MEPP) issues for clients with unionized employees. He assists in reviewing the health and stability of MEPPs, develops strategies for addressing MEPP underfunding issues, and advises clients during the withdrawal process. A frequent author and presenter on MEPP topics, he is a contributing author to Bloomberg Law's Benefits Guide: Basics, Defined Benefit Plans, Collectively Bargained Multiemployer Pension Plans: At-Risk Plans

Tomer also maintains an active pro bono practice, preparing U-Visa applications on behalf of domestic violence victims who are seeking documented status. He also leads Perkins Coie’s relationship with the Washington State Office of the Attorney General’s Office of Military & Veteran Legal Assistance (OMVLA) through which dozens of Perkins Coie lawyers have provided pro bono consultations to veterans and active-duty service members. Perkins Coie received the 2023 Veteran Heroes Law Firm Award from Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson for its support of OMVLA. 

Before law school, Tomer taught American history to middle and high school students in a Title I school in Brooklyn, New York. He currently serves on the board of directors for Launch, a Seattle-based nonprofit providing affordable before- and after-school and summer programming to students in Title I schools in King County, Washington. 

Education & Credentials

Education

  • University of Washington School of Law, J.D., with honors, Order of the Coif, Order of the Barristers, 2016
  • University of Washington, LL.M., Taxation, 2016
  • Pace University, M.S.T., Secondary Education, 2010
  • University of Virginia, B.A., Government, 2008

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Washington

Related Employment

  • Perkins Coie, Seattle, WA, Summer Associate, 2015

Additional Languages

  • Hebrew

Professional Recognition

  • Recognized by Puget Sound Business Journal, Next Generation in Law series

  • Recipient of a Perkins Coie Pro Bono Leadership Award, 2022

  • Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Tax Law, 2023-2024

  • Listed in Super Lawyers Magazine, "Washington’s Rising Star", 2019-2024

Impact

Professional Leadership

  • Community Day School Association (d.b.a. Launch), Board Member
  • University of Washington School of Law Moot Court Honor Board Alumni Advisory Board, Secretary

Professional Experience

Sale of S.D.S. Lumber and Timber Holding

Represented S.D.S. Lumber Co. and S.D.S. Co., L.L.C. in their sale to Twin Creeks Timber, LLC, The Conservation Fund, and WKO, Inc.

Represented ThankView LLC in its Merger with EverTrue Inc.

Served on the deal team representing ThankView LLC in its merger with EverTrue Inc. and combined strategic investment by Rubicon Technology Partners.

Superfeet Sale to Westward Partners

Represented Superfeet Worldwide in its sale to Westward Partners.

Deschutes Brewery Asset Purchase

Represented Deschutes Brewery, Inc. in its acquisition of certain assets of Alein industries LLC (f/k/a Boneyard Beer LLC).

Represented Les Schwab Tire Centers

Represented Les Schwab Tire Centers, a 68-year old family-owned business and leading tire retailer and service center operator, in its sale to Meritage Group.

Sale of AdvisorEngine

Represented AdvisorEngine in its sale to Franklin Templeton. AdvisorEngine is a digital wealth platform and provider of technology and consulting services to more than 1,200 financial advisory firms in the United States that manage over $600 billion in assets.

Acquisition by nLIGHT

Represented nLIGHT, Inc. in its acquisition of Nutronics, Inc.

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