Elizabeth S. "Libby" Brewington

Elizabeth S. "Libby" Brewington


Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP

Recognized since 2015

Greensboro, North Carolina

Practice Areas

Commercial Finance Law

Corporate Law

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Commercial Finance Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Commercial Finance Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2020 - Corporate Law
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Libby Brewington's practice is concentrated in business law and corporate transactions. Libby represents clients in commercial loan transactions, purchases and sales of businesses, entity formation and business reorganizations, and other corporate legal issues that arise in business operations.

Libby represents mezzanine lenders, venture capital funds and other investors in complex financing transactions and in making investments at every level of a company's capital structure. Libby has extensive experience in senior secured loans, second lien and subordinated debt investments, and common and preferred equity investments, including the negotiation of intercreditor agreements. She regularly represents borrowers in commercial financing transactions as well.

Libby also represents companies in general and commercial matters, providing and coordinating legal services for clients, including: all types of contracts and leases, ownership and equity issues, succession issues, lending relationships, executive compensation, labor and employment, employee benefits, commercial real estate, commercial disputes, and other issues, typical and unusual, faced by business organizations.

Location
  • Renaissance Plaza, Suite 2000
    230 North Elm Street
    P.O. Box 26000
    Greensboro, NC 27420
Education
  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, JD, graduated 1992
  • Davidson College, BA, graduated 1987
Bar Admissions
  • North Carolina, United States
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Canterbury School - Member, Board of Trustees
  • North Carolina Bar Association - Member

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Commercial Finance Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Commercial Finance Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2020 - Corporate Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Commercial Finance Law, Triad (2024)
  • Commercial Finance Law, Triad (2022)
  • Corporate Law, Triad (2020)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Commercial Finance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Special Focus:
  • COVID-19
Awards:
  • Recognized by her peers for inclusion in Business North Carolina’s "Legal Elite" in Business Law (2024)

  • Selected as one of the Triad Business Journal's "Outstanding Women in Business" (2019)
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Health Care Law

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