Thomas M. Daniells

Thomas Daniells is the Chair of Murtha Cullina’s Business and Finance Department. He is also the Chair of the Real Estate Practice Group. He represents clients in the areas of real estate and land use planning, commercial financing, and general corporate and commercial representation. He has extensive experience in virtually all areas associated with commercial real estate development, including retail, office and manufacturing uses and including acquisition and sale, permitting and zoning, environmental law as it relates to land and land use, construction and commercial leasing (representing both landlord and tenant). In the commercial lending area, he has significant experience representing banks and other lending institutions as well as borrowers, encompassing both real estate based and asset based lending transactions. He further represents corporations, partnerships and other business entities in a variety of contexts and disciplines, including entity formation and business planning, mergers and acquisitions, contract, and syndications.

• Business and Finance
• Commercial Finance & Lending
• Community Banking
• Public Finance
• Real Estate
• Retail, Restaurant & Hospitality

• Law Clerk to The Honorable Anthony E. Gillo, Supreme Court of Connecticut, 1982-1983
• Executive Editor, Suffolk University Law Review, 1981-1982
• International Council of Shopping Centers

• Listed as leading Real Estate lawyer in Chambers USA, Chambers & Partners-Publishing (Chambers.com)
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Real Estate Law, 2017 (Copyright 2015 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC)
• Holds an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Rating from Martindale-Hubbell
• Listed in Connecticut Super Lawyers® (Super Lawyers is a registered trademark of Key Professional Media, Inc.)

• July 1, 2020 - Murtha Cullina LLP Successfully Represents Savant Systems, Inc. in Multifaceted Acquisition of GE Lighting
• April 23, 2020 - Murtha Cullina LLP Recognized by Chambers USA
• August 15, 2019 - 33 Murtha Cullina Attorneys Receive “Best Lawyers in America” Recognition; Four Named “Lawyer of the Year”
• April 25, 2019 - Murtha Cullina LLP Recognized by Chambers USA
• August 15, 2018 - 32 Murtha Cullina Attorneys Receive “Best Lawyers in America” Recognition; Two Named Lawyer of the Year
• May 3, 2018 - Murtha Cullina LLP Recognized by Chambers USA
• August 15, 2017 - 35 Murtha Cullina Attorneys Receive “Best Lawyers in America” Recognition; Three Named “Lawyer of the Year”
• May 26, 2017 - Murtha Cullina LLP Recognized by Chambers USA
• August 16, 2016 - Attorneys Receive "Best Lawyers" Recognition

• November 30, 2015 - Retail and Hospitality Group News

• Connecticut
• U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut

• Dartmouth College (A.B., 1976)
• Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 1982)