Faculty Profile: Todd Overman

Todd Overman joined Bass, Berry & Sims' Washington, D.C. office in February 2014, and is chair of the firm's Government Contracts practice. Todd has more than a decade of experience advising companies on the unique aspects of doing business with the federal government. Since 2010, he has been involved in more than 40 transactions involving the purchase or sale of a government contractor. Todd has particular experience in structuring transactions and corporate reorganizations to ensure compliance with the Anti-Assignment Act, as well as navigating the rules impacting the acquisition of small businesses. He also has significant experience in advising on issues that may arise during the sale of government contractors to foreign-owned businesses, including national security reviews under Exon-Florio by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI) mitigation by the Defense Security Service.

Todd's practice includes a combination of regulatory and compliance advice, transactional issues, and litigation and dispute resolution:

• Regulatory and Compliance - Counseling government contractors on corporate compliance and ethics programs, General Services Administration (GSA) and Veterans Affairs (VA) Federal Supply Schedule programs, and advising on intellectual property and data rights issues.
• Transactional- Counseling buyers and sellers of government contractors in mergers, stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions, corporate reorganizations, joint ventures and securities offerings; and assisting clients in the negotiation of subcontracts, teaming agreements, joint ventures, and non-disclosure agreements in connection with the pursuit or performance of federal or state contracts.
• Litigation and Dispute Resolution - Litigating and mediating claims, bid protests, and size protests before the Armed Services and Civilian Boards of Contract Appeals, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the Government Accountability Office, and the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Todd also has extensive experience counseling clients on SBA's size and affiliation rules, as well as helping companies obtain assistance through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), 8(a) Business Development, Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), and Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVO) programs.

Prior to joining Bass, Berry & Sims, Todd was a partner at Hogan Lovells US LLP, and prior to entering private practice, served as a law clerk for The Honorable Loren A. Smith of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.