Meet the Team
CEO and Managing PartnerThomas B. Romer
I have spent more than 25 years helping clients successfully close complex transactions. As CEO and Managing Partner of Dexterity Law, I advise owners, boards, and investors on deal structure, risk allocation, and negotiation strategy to ensure transactions get done and deliver the outcomes clients expect.
My practice is grounded in a simple principle: deals are successful when expert legal judgment, understanding business context, and process discipline come together. I focus on managing efficient deal processes, anticipating issues before they slow momentum, and negotiating and drafting transaction documents that clearly and precisely reflect the business deal.
Alongside my legal practice, I founded Dexterity Legal, a legal-technology company focused on modernizing how transaction documents are negotiated. That work informs how Dexterity Law integrates AI and workflow tools into day-to-day dealmaking—enhancing speed, clarity, and coordination without replacing experienced legal judgment.
Previously, I served as Global Chair of the Innovative Client Strategies Team at Greenberg Traurig, where I led a multidisciplinary group of lawyers and business professionals focused on improving client outcomes through smarter legal service delivery.
I am also deeply engaged in the broader M&A community. I serve as Vice-Chair of the Technology in M&A Subcommittee of the American Bar Association Mergers & Acquisitions Committee and was a contributing author to the ABA-published Using Legal Project Management in Mergers and Acquisitions Transactions: A Guidebook for Managing Deals Efficiently and Effectively.
At Dexterity Law, my focus is clear: combine decades of deal experience with modern tools to help clients navigate complexity, manage risk, and close transactions with confidence.
Chief Technology OfficerChris Ballance
I've spent two decades building and leading engineering teams behind systems that don't get a second chance. Public safety, fintech, healthcare, govtech, and SaaS. Working as a force multiplier for organizations that can't afford to get it wrong.
Lately that means shipping applied AI into those same high-stakes systems: M&A deal intelligence for legal and live voice agents with real-time translation for 911 call centers.
I’m equally at home in Fortune 100 companies and fast‑moving seed‑stage startups, blending enterprise‑scale discipline and early‑stage agility.
Earlier in my career, I held senior engineering roles at both Microsoft and Volvo, each for five years. These experiences gave me a deep understanding of large-scale systems, secure architecture, and the dynamics of high-performing global teams.