Tom Barnes

Principal

Mr. Barnes is a principal with AER&CO, representing manufacturers, fabricators and engineering and design firms in the water and waste water treatment, marine oil and water treatment, oil & gas equipment and waste oil recycling industries. He has executed capital formation, acquisition and divestiture transactions on their behalf. Mr. Barnes has more than 30 years of experience in the practice of law, providing counsel to manufacturers, commercial lenders, real estate investors and institutional equity traders. Mr. Barnes helped found a specialty manufacturing and distribution start-up company, serving as general counsel and as a member of its Board of Directors.  Mr. Barnes has a BS in accounting, a Juris Doctor from Villanova University and an MBA in finance from Temple University.