Donald R Reynolds

Practice Areas

Don is a trusted advisor to growth companies, and investors, practicing in the areas of capital markets, securities law, corporate governance, mergers & acquisitions and corporate law. He joined the firm in 1993, prior to which he practiced at Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, the largest law firm in Silicon Valley. Don’s experience ranges from representing start-up companies in their initial organizations and financings to representing companies and underwriters in public offerings, mergers & acquisitions, and SEC reporting and compliance matters. Don has worked on over 130 public offerings, raising over $10 billion in aggregate, and a similar number of mergers and acquisitions, valued in aggregate at over $13 billion.

Don has taught Securities Regulation at Campbell University’s law school and guest lectured on corporate governance at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. He chaired the NCBA Securities Regulation Committee from 1997 through 2001 and was on the NCBA Business Council from 2000 through 2003. Don is the only Securities & Corporate Finance attorney outside Charlotte to have been listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers each year since 2007.

Professional Memberships

North Carolina Bar Association

North Carolina State Bar

State Bar of California

The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation

US Rowing, Board of Directors, At-Large Independent Director, Board Secretary, Governance, Ethics & Nominating Committee Chair

Board Member, Center for Entrepreneurial Development-Coastal, 1997-2000

Elon University Parents’ Council Member, 2013-2017

USA Taekwondo, Board Member 2014-2020, Board Chair 2017-2020, Executive Search Committee Chair, Governance Committee Chair and Audit Committee Member

Associate Class Representative and Alumni Admissions Representative, Whitman College

WSHA Public Radio Community Advisory Board Chair, 2011-2018

Experience

For 13 years from pre-IPO through its acquisition, attended all Board and committee meetings of a Charleston, South Carolina based SaaS software company listed on Nasdaq and represented that company in its $150 million IPO and subsequent debt and equity offerings for a total of over $1 billion

Attends all Board and committee meetings of an Austin, Texas based technology company listed on Nasdaq and represents that company as SEC and primary corporate outside counsel

Attends all Board and committee meetings of a Maryland based specialty pharmaceutical company listed on Nasdaq and represented it on SEC matters, stock offerings raising over $200 million and acquisitions and dispositions valued at a total of over $120 million

Represented a North Carolina based venture fund/family office in multiple PIPEs (private investments in public equity) totaling $60 million

Represented an RTP-based drug development company in its $200 million spin-off as a separate Nasdaq-listed entity, attended all of its Board and committee meetings and represented it on SEC matters and in its acquisition for over $1 billion in cash, plus CVR’s (contingent value rights) worth up to an additional $350 million

Represented a large, global technology company based in the Silicon Valley in 9 acquisitions valued at a total of over $400 million

Represented a major RTP-based global CRO (contract research organization) on SEC matters and in its $172.5 million IPO and subsequent equity offerings for a total of over $2 billion

Represented another major North Carolina based CRO as its SEC counsel for the 15+ years it was a public company, and in its sale to private equity firms for $3.9 billion

Represented a local LED lighting company from inception through 2 rounds of equity financing and its sale to a public company for $107 million

Education

Awards