Representative Transactions


I have been licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia since 1984 and and became licensed in the State of North Carolina in 2021.  Transactions having a substantial nexus to other states are undertaken with the assistance of local counsel licensed in those jurisdictions, where appropriate.

 

Corporate / Business Transactions

·         Sale of GM dealer franchise and related operating assets and inventory.

·         Sale of veterinary practice and related real property.

·         Disposition of all shares of stock in closely held corporation having significant continuing long-term exposure to toxic tort liability. 

·         Resolution of 50 – 50 shareholder dispute through buy-out of retiring shareholder.

·         Sale of controlling interests in high profile personal injury law firm. 

·         Sale of minority interest in prominent personal injury law firm.

·         Sale of assets of furniture manufacturer and long-term facility lease.

·         Venture capitalist’s acquisition of interest in an operating construction company and establishment of related credit facility. Subsequent disposition.

·         Venture capitalist’s acquisition of interest in government contractor metal fabricator and establishment of related credit facility.  Subsequent disposition.

·         Sale of multi-state food brokerage and structuring of principals’ compensation packages. 

·         Acquisitions of engineering practice, architecture practice by merger / share exchange.

·         Sale of group medical practice to health system; long term lease of related real property. 

·         Combination of two well-known and highly regarded personal injury law firms. 

·         Sale of regional electrical contracting company to publicly traded “roll up”. 

·         Sale of line of business by prominent certified public accounting practice.

·         Specialty Construction Company: redemption of hostile 50% passive shareholder’s interests (no shareholder’s agreement). 

·         Sale of passive majority shareholder’s interests in operating company to minority shareholders.

·         Sale of controlling interests in large commercial interior furnishings / design business serving corporate, government and healthcare accounts.

·         Structuring organization and ownership of bio-medical research and development start up. Related third party contracting issues with academic research institutions and National Institutes of Health.

Commercial Real Property Transactions

·        Sale of GM dealer site to foreign grocery chain.

·         99 year ground lease for ocean front commercial parcel.

·         Medical Office Building: Site acquisition, construction and permanent non-recourse loan financing, and tenant leasing for medical office building.

·         Sale of Medical Office Building.

·         Construction Company Headquarters: Site acquisition, construction and permanent financing, and tenant leasing.

·         Virginia Lender’s Counsel for $17,000,000 facility acquisition club loan and related suite of indebtedness aggregating $64,000,000.

·         Inter-generational family transfer of portfolio of income properties.

·         Tax deferred reorganization (divisive) of shopping center holding company.

·         Sale of multi-family apartment complex.

·         Long term non-recourse re-financing of multi-family apartment complexes.

·         Divisive re-organization of C-corporation operating company holding appreciated real property.

·         99 year ground lease for prime cell tower site.

·         Sale of signature office building, seller financing, partial lease back.

·         Sale of multiple office warehouse facilities.

·         Long term lease of large industrial warehouse for data center.

·         Mining agreement for sand deposits and sale of related real property for regional waste disposal facility.

·         Sale of various cell towers, tower site acquisition agreements, development of tower facility leases, related financings.

·         Acquisition of site for company engaged in treatment and disposal of petroleum contaminated materials, industrial wastes, and other difficult waste materials.  Resolution of complex title issues.