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Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Acted as lead counsel to ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems in connection with multiple acquisitions of independent distributors of high-speed door solutions located in North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and MexicoAdvised 50% equity owners of a second-generation luxury upholstered furniture business in connection with sale to, and rollover investment in, a leading leather furniture manufacturer (portfolio company of a Hartford, Connecticut based private equity firm)Assisted Carousel Capital Partners in connection with sale of its portfolio company, HEPACO (a leading environmental remediation services firm), to an affiliate of Gryphon Investors (a San Francisco, California based private equity firm)Counseled Hexagon AB, a global provider of information technologies for geospatial and industrial enterprise applications, in connection with its acquisition of MSC Software, a multinational computer-aided engineering solutions firmAdvised Transportation Insight, a portfolio company of Charlotte, North Carolina based Ridgemont Equity Partners, in connection with bolt-on acquisitions of freight brokerage and freight logistics businessesRepresented Capitala Finance Corp. in connection with an equity and subordinated debt co-investment in Nth Degree, one of the nation's premier event marketing and management companiesCounseled a closely-held group of companies (franchisees of one of the country's largest retail furniture firms) with respect to a minority equity private placementNorth Carolina Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2014 - 2017Business North Carolina, Legal Elite, 2016 (Business)

Charlotte, Nc

Acted as lead counsel to major agricultural products producer in expedited sale of frozen foods operating division ($55 million), including sole responsibility for (i) negotiation of confidentiality agreements, letter of intent, purchase agreement and ancillary documentation and (ii) management of sell-side due diligence processServed as primary corporate counsel to group of affiliated businesses engaged in real estate (acquisition, financing, development, leasing and disposition of various projects) and manufacturing (propane conversion technology for small gasoline engines), with projects including review and revision of constituent corporate documentation, negotiation of vendor and customer agreements, negotiation and resolution of disputes with shareholders, and negotiation and consummation of debt refinancingsAdvised management teams (including public company executives) in respect of negotiating and structuring employment and equity participation arrangements with private equity investorsAssisted various business owners with entity formation decisions, capital raising processes and placements, complex operating agreements and shareholder agreements, resolution of internal management and shareholder disputes, employment and noncompetition agreements, commercial leases, debt financings, and purchase and sale transactionsCounseled borrowers and individual guarantors in various workout, forbearance, note sale and deed-in-lieu situationsRepresented corporate debtors, creditors and equity holders in a variety of bankruptcy settings, including the following matters: In re Northampton Generating Co. (No. 11-33095, W.D.N.C.); In re Blackbird Holdings (No. 10-33405, W.D.N.C.); and In re Firethorne Country Club (No. 10-30695, W.D.N.C.)

Charlotte, Nc

Closed dozens of transactions across a wide spectrum of industries and contexts, ranging from public company mergers to middle market private equity investments to portfolio company restructurings, including (i) representation of national bank in divestiture of fleet card business ($75 million) and sale of retirement advisory services business ($65 million), as well as acquisition of a publicly-traded regional bank ($155 million), (ii) representation of private equity group in purchase of upstream oil exploration company ($425 million) and purchase of mobile storage unit business ($500 million) and (iii) counsel to merchant services firm in acquisition of payment systems software provider ($60 million)Managed transactional due diligence processes, counseled boards of directors regarding fiduciary duties and takeover defenses, and published and contributed to a variety of articles on salient corporate law topics

Wilmington, De

Drafted 25+ judicial opinions involving corporate law, complex business disputes, will contests and guardianship while clerking on the country’s preeminent business court

Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: Order of the Coif; Magna Cum Laude graduate; Staff Editor & Articles Editor - Journal of Law & Contemporary.

Bachelor'S Degree, History (Major); Economics (Minor)

Activities and Societies: Magna Cum Laude graduate; Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics); Varsity Golf; Samuel H. Bell.