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Provided by John L Jernigan
Maintains an active practice including corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, banking, and corporate law. He represents businesses in complex commercial transactions, and has over 40 years experience structuring, negotiating, and closing mergers and acquisitions involving public companies and large privately-owned companies. He has advised public company boards on special committees, audit committees and corporate governance, and regularly advises companies and their boards and officers on general corporate and business law matters.
Chairman of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP; Managing Partner from 2001 through 2009. One of four North Carolina lawyers previously listed in The International Who's Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers and one of two North Carolina lawyers previously listed in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers; listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of banking and finance, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and securities/capital markets law; included in North Carolina Super Lawyers as an honoree, top 100 lawyers list, and listed in the areas of business/corporate and mergers and acquisitions; listed in Business North Carolina's Legal Elite.
Admitted to North Carolina Bar (1967). Past President of the North Carolina Bar Association. Served as a Member of the Board of Governors of the North Carolina Bar Association from 1989-92, and two terms as Chair of the North Carolina Bar Association's Business Law Section. Member of the American, North Carolina, and Wake County Bar Associations. Member of the American Judicature Society and American Counsel Association.
JD, University of North Carolina, 1967; AB, Davidson College, 1964. Past Trustee of Choate Rosemary Hall. Member, Board of Directors, Wells Fargo, Piedmont East NC Region. Past Member, Leadership Council, Wake Education Partnership. Member, North Caroliniana Society, Inc. Listed in the Triangle Business Journal’s “The Triangle’s Most Influential Business Leaders" and selected as a winner of the Triangle Business Journal's 2017 "CEO of the Year" award.
Provided by Chambers
John Jernigan offers decades of experience handling complex corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions. He also advises clients on corporate governance issues, financing work and commercial issues.
Provided by Chambers
"John is a very experienced lawyer with great judgment."
"John is a very experienced lawyer with great judgment."
