Corporate/Commercial Department

Overview

Our Business Services Group combines nationally recognized legal expertise with strong business acumen to deliver the highest level of service to our corporate clients. From start-up technology firms to Fortune 100 companies, from the complex multinational transactions to a simple entrepreneurial start-up, we add value to our clients’ enterprises.

Our Business Services Group members focus on these areas of practice:

• Antitrust, Competition and Trade Regulation
• Business Torts and Unfair Competition
• Corporate Finance and Securities
• Corporate Governance
• Gaming
• Intellectual Property
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Organization and Capital Formation
• Tax
• Trust and Estate/Fiduciary Litigation

Recent Work Highlights

• We served as U.S. counsel on a major acquisition by a Canadian integrated wood products company of sawmill and related facilities in the Southeastern U.S.
• We served as transaction counsel to an aerospace company in a pending sale transaction, including representation during a multi-year sales process.
• We served as transaction counsel to a payment processing firm in a sale to a private equity-backed strategic buyer.
• We served as issuer’s counsel to a U.S.-based development stage satellite company in connection with the issuance of bridge preferred financing and its initial substantial equity round of development funding.
• We served as transaction counsel to a major publicly-owned hospital system in connection with its potential sale under applicable statutory processes.

Members

Cannada, R Barry

Carrington II, J Mitchell

Edds, Steve

England, John F

Fairbank, Sue

Harrison, J Clifford

Healy III, John J

Hewitt, Thomas M

Hollingsworth, Jetson G

Ireland, Selby A

Ladner, Stanford G

Maddux, Christopher R

Rosenblatt, Stephen W

Russ, W Michael

Varner, Thad W

Industries

Aerospace & Defense

Banks

Financial Services

Food & Drink Producers

Media

Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

Private Clients / Individuals

Telecommunications