Overview
Hal is counsel of choice for many business owners, including those owned by generations of family members, entrepreneurs, and strategic companies that have decided to sell their business. Hal’s extensive transactional experience and business judgment enables him to effectively guide sellers through the complex sales process. He negotiates effectively with purchasers represented by the largest law firms, investment banks, and private equity funds around the country and internationally.
Hal has led numerous transactions in the healthcare, information technology, financial services, industrial, and consumer products sectors.
Clients and investment bankers who have worked with Hal recognize his business-oriented legal judgment and his ability to quickly focus on the core issues in each transaction.
Representative Experience
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Represented Allergy Partners, the largest U.S. group of single-specialty allergy and asthma practices in its acquisition by Waypoint Capital. Allergy Partners operates 62 practice hubs, comprising 135 physicians across 20 states
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Represented Metromont LLC in its sale to Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL). Operating as a third-generation family business, Metromont is one of the largest precast concrete manufacturers in the southeast and mid-Atlantic regions
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Represented Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE:RF), the parent company of Regions Bank, in its acquisition of Clearsight Advisors, Inc. Business sectors served by Clearsight include the technology, professional services, data and information services, and digital and technology-enabled services industries
- Represented MedCath Corporation in connection with investments in the company by KKR and Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe, and MedCath’s development, in partnership with leading cardiologists, of specialty heart hospitals across the country and the subsequent sales of those hospitals to national and local hospital system
- Represented the multiple generations of family members that owned Spice World, the country’s leading producer and distributor of garlic and related products, to Palladium Equity Partners
- Represented Bankers Healthcare Group, a leading provider of financing solutions for healthcare professionals throughout the United States, in the sale of 49 percent of its equity to Pinnacle Financial Partners, the parent company of Pinnacle Bank
- Represented the founders of ITRenew, a Silicon Valley leading global IT lifecycle management solutions provider, specializing in data center decommissioning and data erasure and security services, in their sale to private equity fund ZMC
Notable
Notable
- Best Lawyers in America, Charlotte Corporate "Lawyer of the Year," 2018
- Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law, 2008-2024; Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2008-2024; Health Care Law, 2023-2024
- Business North Carolina Legal Elite, 2021
- North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2006-2009 and 2011-2020
- NC Bar Association, Citizen Lawyers Award, 2015
- Martindale-Hubbell, North Carolina Top Rated Lawyer
- Member, Board of Commissioners of Carolinas Healthcare System and its Finance and Compliance Committee
- Chairman of the Advisory Board, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for Jewish Studies
- Past President, Foundation for Shalom Park, a 50 acre campus which is home to Charlotte's major Jewish agencies, and chairman of its $42 million Endowment and Expansion campaign
- Past founding Board of Directors Member, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
- Past President and Board Member, Charlotte Jewish Community Center and Child Care Resources
- Law Clerk to Hon. James B. McMillan, United States District Court, Western District of North Carolina, 1981-1982
News
News
Affiliations
Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Mecklenburg County Bar: Executive Committee, Past Member
Capabilities
Education
J.D., University of Michigan, 1981
A.B., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1978, with honors; Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
- North Carolina, 1982