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Areas of
Practice
Mergers & Acquisitions, General Corporate, Emerging Growth Companies, Entertainment
Education
J.D., Boalt Hall School of Law, University of
California at Berkeley, 1992
B.A., University of North Carolina,
1988
Representative Experience
Serves as lead counsel to
buyers, sellers, investors and lenders in various mergers, acquisitions and
dispositions, including triangular mergers, leveraged buyouts, asset
purchases and sales, stock purchases and sales, and capital restructurings
ranging in purchase price from less than a million dollars to several
billion dollars
Serves as outside general
counsel to many established and emerging growth companies in various
industries (including manufacturing, retail, technology, internet, textiles
and garments, architecture, chemicals, health care,
e-commerce, publishing, telecommunications and entertainment), advising on
general corporate and contract matters, entity selection and formation,
shareholders’ agreements, angel investment, venture capital investment,
strategic alliances, and protection of confidential information, trade
secrets and intellectual property
Represents executives in
structuring employment relationships and compensation arrangements
(including cash and non-cash incentive compensation) with companies in
various industries, including manufacturing, bio-technology, information
technology, e-commerce and services
Serves as lead counsel in
capital raising transactions, representing both issuers and investors,
including venture capitalists, venture-debt participants and other private
and institutional investors
Serves as counsel to film,
television, music and multi-media companies, and represents directors,
producers, on-screen talent, bands and musicians; currently serving as
production counsel on a number of feature-length motion pictures
Notable Accomplishments Ranked among Law & Politics magazine's
North Carolina “Super Lawyers,” (Mergers & Acquisitions)
2006 - 2008
Lawyer Expresses His Love of the Arts by Serving the Film Industry,
article reprinted from the June 2007 issue of NC magazine.
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