Find Lawyers in Alabama, United States for Corporate Law
Practice Area Overview
Depending on the size of the market in which the lawyer practices and the size of the lawyer’s firm, he or she may be required to handle nearly all of a corporation’s legal matters. In larger firms, the Corporate lawyer with the principal client relationship will be expected to be familiar with all the issues the corporation is likely to confront, but may engage lawyers from other practice areas to assist in matters requiring special expertise, such as securities offerings, tax issues, and litigation.
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Tom Ansley is a shareholder in Dentons’ Birmingham, Alabama office, where he is a member of the Real Estate and Corporate practice groups. He serves as corporate counsel to a diverse range of clients, including real estate developers and investors, commercial and project lenders, and healthcare providers, advising them on the intricacies of state and local laws and regulations, financial matters, industry concerns, and risk allocation. Ansley is involved in the financing, negotiation, e...
Mr. Baggette advises clients about the formation, acquisition, and sale of businesses and regularly assists clients in the creation of corporations and limited liability companies. He also represents banks and real estate developers in the financing, acquisition, and sale of commercial properties and condominium developments. Mr. Baggette also has experience in state and local tax abatements and incentives for industrial projects. His clients include defense contractors, real estate developer...
Julia Bernstein’s practice focuses on all aspects of the representation of lenders and borrowers in secured and unsecured transactions, finance transactions involving commercial real estate, corporate finance transactions and multi-state transactions. Julia frequently issues legal opinions in connection with multi-state projects and as local counsel for transactions originated outside of Alabama secured by real property located within the state.
Joseph Bluestein is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office. He is a member of the Trusts, Estates & Wealth Preservation practice group. Joseph’s practice focuses on business, tax, and succession planning issues, particularly for closely held, family-owned businesses and professional medical and legal practices, providing counsel to all in connection with corporate, legal, and financial problems—and solutions. Joe negotiates and structures sales and ...
Britten Britt practices primarily in the areas of probate and estate planning, business and tax planning, and trusts and estates. She also handles corporate transactions, family limited partnerships, limited liability companies, corporate tax matters, charitable foundations and assists in the preparation of fiduciary estate tax returns.
Hall Bryant is a partner in the firm's Huntsville office. He concentrates his practice in the areas of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, securities law, corporate finance and general corporate advice. Hall works with a variety of clients in a broad range of industries, including high technology, government contracting, biotechnology, manufacturing, retail, distribution and financial services. As a member of the firm's Emerging Business Team, Hall has worked with numerous early stage com...
Bill's law practice focuses on a wide variety of tax, corporate and business matters, including deferred compensation, equity based incentive plans and the purchase and sale of owner-managed businesses - with an emphasis on developing exit strategies for the family or closely-held business owner. He also counsels clients on various federal, state and local tax issues. Thriving on creative solutions to complex issues, and believing that “if you are through changing, you are through&rdquo...
Kane Burnette’s primary practice involves serving as bond counsel to municipalities, counties, boards of education and public corporations throughout Alabama on both publicly underwritten and privately placed tax-exempt financings. Kane is particularly active in the public education sector, where he has represented both public universities and boards of education on tax and finance matters, and he currently serves on the faculty of the University of Alabama's academy for finance trainin...
Gerald Burnett practices on a multi-regional basis in all areas of commercial real estate, tax-free exchanges, tax law and disputes, commercial transactions, timber law and wealth transfer planning. He has had substantial experience in the litigation of tax controversies, having tried jury and non-jury tax cases in eight states. He has served as lead counsel in, negotiated and closed commercial real estate transactions in eighteen states. Some of his out-of-state work includes commercial proj...
Justin Burney focuses his practice on the areas of mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, securities offerings, and other transactions, in addition to serving as outside corporate counsel to various clients, providing advice on corporate governance matters, compensation arrangements, regulatory issues, and contractual relationships. He has worked with clients of all sizes across a broad range of industries, including government contractors, healthcare providers, life sciences and technology ...
Todd Carlisle is a shareholder and former president (2015–2022) of Dentons Sirote in Alabama. He is a member of the Corporate practice group and leads the Dentons Sirote Mergers and Acquisitions team. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and general corporate representation with an emphasis in the financial services and forest products industries. Todd represents national property/casualty and life insurance distribution platforms, broker-dealers, regional and national banks...
John H. Cooper is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office, where he is a member of the Corporate practice group. As the previous managing partner of Dentons Sirote (formerly Sirote & Permutt, PC) (1999–2005; 2006–2015), John’s practice spans corporate, securities and tax law, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, securities, business and succession planning, corporate finance, corporate tax, directors...
Mr. Crawford is the leader of the Firm’s corporate practice and emphasizes mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, federal and state tax planning and litigation, and representation of health-care providers. He has been trial and appellate counsel in numerous federal and state tax cases, including O’Neal v. United States, 258 F.3d 1265 (11 Cir. 2001), Alabama Department of Revenue v. Sonat, Inc., 752 So.2d 1211 (Ala. 1999), and Lloyd Noland Foundation, Inc. v. City of Fairf...
C. Fred Daniels is a partner in the firm’s Birmingham, Alabama office, where his practice emphasizes estate and gift planning, administration of estates, taxation, closely-held businesses, and litigation involving the rights and duties of personal representatives and beneficiaries. Mr. Daniels has been the lead trial and appellate counsel in numerous estate, gift and income tax cases including O’Neal v. United States, 258 F.3d 1265 (11th Cir. 2001) (establishing that, in the Eleve...
J.Mason Davis is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office. After graduating with his JD from The State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law in 1959, he returned to Birmingham to start his own law practice, initially specializing in civil rights cases. From the day he returned to Birmingham, Mason has remained a dedicated and inspirational leader in the Civil Rights Movement and a leader in support of health and human service charities. Mason is deeply comm...
David W. Drum is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office, where he is a member of the Corporate practice group. David represents clients in a variety of business transactions, with emphasis on mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. David advises clients at all stages of transactions, from planning and due diligence to the negotiation of definitive agreements and filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. David has counseled clients in a variety of industries in conn...
Carolyn Duncan’s practice is concentrated in securities issuance and compliance matters. Experienced in a wide variety of public and private securities work, she represents issuers, underwriters, and other parties in numerous facets of this area of law, including public and private offerings of securities, registration and continuous disclosure matters, proxy solicitations, tender offers, business combinations, restricted securities and transactions by corporate insiders. She represents...
Beau Grenier is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group and co-leader of the firm’s mergers and acquisitions and private equity team. He provides comprehensive legal and strategic counsel on M&A, capital raising, and other business transactions; securities matters; and corporate governance. Beau is a leading corporate and securities lawyer with more than 35 years of experience. For more than 17 years, he also served as the managing partner and board chairman for a diversified AmLa...
Peter Hardin is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office, where he is a member of the Corporate practice and leads the Dentons Sirote Venture Technology team. He regularly represents companies in a variety of complex matters, including public and private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, financings, and trademark and copyright issues. As a trusted advisor to his business clients, Peter regularly handles a wide range of issues across various industries, ...
James A. “Jamey” Harris, III assists companies and individuals in a wide variety of matters in the areas of commercial and products liability litigation. His practice focuses on real estate litigation, banking and financial services litigation, insurance litigation, public finance litigation, personal injury defense, elevator and escalator litigation, and products liability defense. In products liability defense, he has defended manufacturers of products that include abrasives, as...
Judd Harwood focuses his practice on general and nonprofit corporate transactions and healthcare regulatory issues. Judd represents a wide range of healthcare clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and physician alignment strategies, corporate reorganizations, private securities offerings, corporate governance, employment and independent contractor relationships and general corporate matters. His clients include health systems, hospitals and related healthcare fac...
Matthew Hinshaw focuses on economic development incentive package structuring and negotiation. Matthew also represents a variety of clients in general corporate and tax matters and assists nonprofit entities with tax and governance issues. He helps clients form new companies, negotiate tax incentive packages, close deals, draft legislation, manage and grow operations, and manage their relationships with local and state government officials. Matthew was privileged to represent clients on two o...
Stephen represents public companies from a variety of industries on corporate and securities matters, including SEC filings, securities offerings, and mergers and acquisitions. He also regularly advises private companies and companies preparing to go public on their corporate and securities needs. Stephen’s experience includes advising clients in connection with public and private offerings, corporate governance, joint ventures, takeover defenses, compliance with stock exchange listing ...
Dan Hugunine is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office, where he is a member of the Corporate practice group. Dan frequently represents clients in the preparation and negotiation of product and services agreements, vendor and procurement contracts, and software licensing agreements. In addition, Dan counsels clients in many aspects of the financial services industries, addressing federal and state banking regulation, securities regulation, broker-dealer and investm...
Henry H. Hutchinson is a shareholder in and the managing director of Capell & Howard, P.C. His legal practice encompasses a broad range of activities in the business law area, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions. Hank advises clients regarding matters concerning organizational and operational legal issues, tax and securities laws, and certain regulatory-compliance-related matters. He has represented taxpayers in controversies with the Internal Revenue Service and the Alabama Depa...
Kyle Johnson is a shareholder in Capell & Howard, P.C. Kyle was admitted to the Alabama State Bar in 1975 after receiving his Bachelor of Science degree from Auburn University, where he was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa. Kyle received his Juris Doctorate degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Alabama, where he was a Hugo L. Black Scholar and a member of the Order of the Coif. He also received his LL.M. in Taxation, with honors, from the University of Alabama. Kyle is a native o...
Donald Johnson is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office, where he is a member of the Tax practice group. Don counsels business owners and businesses in areas of mergers and acquisitions, entity formation, and tax and business planning. He counsels developers and investors with regard to real estate income tax planning, including capital gain planning, like-kind exchanges, opportunity zone planning, tax incentives, and debt restructurings and workouts. Don represen...
Harold Kushner practices with the firm's Corporate and Securities Practice Group focusing his practice in the areas of tax and corporate law, including mergers and acquisitions, securities, estate and trust planning and employer resources. He represents clients in diverse industries such as steel, manufacturing, retail, technology and software, distribution, franchising, publications, construction, real estate development and health care, with an emphasis on representation of closely held cor...
Alex B. Leath is a partner in the firm’s Economic Development Practice Group and the Tax Practice Group. Since 1990, Alex has been involved in a significant number of the major economic development projects in the Southeast. As a result, he is one of the most trusted economic development attorneys in the region. Leading companies regularly seek him out for counsel on their relocation and site-selection matters, knowing his broad experience will serve them well. Alex has extensive experi...
Ronald Levitt is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office, where he is a member of the Tax practice group and leads the Dentons Sirote Conservation Easement team. His practice focuses on federal and state controversy matters, including planning and defending conservation easements. Additionally, his practice focuses on business and tax planning, particularly for closely-held and family-owned businesses. Specifically, he counsels clients in business, succession, estat...
Jack B. Levy, Partner in the Birmingham office, concentrates his practice in the areas of employer resources, employee benefits and executive compensation, corporate and business, health care, taxation and estate and trust planning. Mr. Levy represents numerous closely held businesses, professionals and professional corporations and negotiates and closes sales of professional practices and closely held business practices. He also lectures throughout the United States on issues relating to pen...
Benjamin Little is a shareholder in the Shoals office of Dentons Sirote. Benjamin's practice covers a wide range of substantive areas, but he primarily focuses on business law and related matters. He handles both litigation and non-litigation matters and frequently represents clients in state and federal courts, as well as before the GAO. Benjamin frequently advises clients regarding the governance and operation of businesses, helping them to avoid and manage disputes. Benjamin has wide-rangi...
Scott Ludwig advises a broad range of clients on corporate and tax issues in corporate acquisitions and sales, including the negotiation, drafting and reviewing of acquisition and sale documents. He is experienced in advising companies in high technology, life sciences, biotechnology and traditional products and services, including start-up and established companies. Scott utilizes a team approach by working closely with each client's advisors. This team approach has, over the years, proven t...
Jay G. Maples is a shareholder in Dentons' Birmingham office, where he is a member of the Corporate practice and co-leads the Dentons US Region Aviation and Aerospace team. With his extensive corporate and tax experience, he regularly handles a wide range of complex transactions and issues spanning various industries, including aviation, manufacturing, insurance, banking and financial services, and real estate. Jay's exceptional knowledge and experience in the aviation industry enables him to...
Stuart has significant experience in mergers and acquisitions, with a non-exclusive emphasis on private equity transactions. He also devotes a substantial amount of time to assisting investment managers and family offices with regulatory matters. Stuart also represents numerous private equity portfolio companies and family-owned businesses with respect to general corporate matters.
Preston Neel is a shareholder of Dentons Sirote in Alabama. He is a member of the Corporate practice group and advises clients across multiple industries in the areas of business and tax law, including mergers and acquisitions, tax planning, and general corporate representation. He also has extensive experience providing financial services litigation and regulatory compliance assistance to banks and nonbanks offering mortgage, unsecured small dollar, and business purpose loan products and bro...
Rodney E. Nolen is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office, where he is a member of the Litigation practice group. For more than 30 years, Rodney has focused on creditors' rights and collections. He represents manufacturers, suppliers, and commercial lenders in recovering collateral and securing the repayment of defaulted loans in state and federal court. His clients include banks, commercial finance companies, construction material providers, electrical suppliers, ...
Virginia Patterson's law practice focuses on the corporate, business and securities area. Virginia advises clients on a wide variety of business issues, including organizational matters, corporate governance, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, debt and equity financing and securities law compliance. In addition, Virginia has considerable experience in the area of debt restructuring, securitization transactions, formation of domestic and international joint ventures, licensing, and domest...
Joseph T. Ritchey is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office. He serves as the chair of the Dentons Sirote Corporate practice group. In his practice, Joey represents various individuals and businesses, including physicians, physician networks, multi-specialty physician practices, healthcare organizations, healthcare ventures, food businesses, retail and wholesale businesses, and other concerns. He advises clients on issues regarding health law, tax planning, qualifi...
Well known throughout the region for his high-profile work as the Chairman of the Tennessee Valley BRAC Committee (now Redstone Regional Alliance) and its efforts on behalf of Redstone Arsenal, Joe has an equally active career as a shareholder in Dentons Sirote's Huntsville, Alabama office, where he is a member of the Government Contracts practice group. The Redstone Regional Alliance is leading the regional efforts to attract the United States Space Command Headquarters to Redstone. Joe hand...
Bobby Rives is a native of Huntsville, Alabama, and was admitted to the Alabama State Bar in 1996. He received his B.S.B.A. from Auburn University in Montgomery in 1990 and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Alabama in 1996. While at the University of Alabama, Bobby was a Student Editor for the American Journal of Tax Policy. In addition, Bobby was awarded the University of Alabama Federal Tax Clinic Scholarship. Bobby concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate and finance...
Andy is a member of the firm's Corporate & Securities Practice Group and is co-chair of the Family-Owned Business Team. He advises public and private clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, divestitures, joint ventures, corporate finance transactions, proxy contests and general corporate and securities law matters in various industries, including manufacturing and distribution, professional services, retail, real estate development, banking and financial...
Maurice L. Shevin is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office. He is a member of the Federal Regulatory and Compliance practice group and leads the Dentons Sirote Federal Regulatory and Compliance team. In his practice, Maury serves as counsel for trade associations, financial institutions, and business clients, advising them on business and industry concerns. He advises numerous local, regional, and national real estate, finance, and consumer credit clients with res...
Adam J. Sigman is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office, where he serves as the chair of the Dentons Sirote Real Estate practice group. Adam focuses his practice on real estate as a practice area and industry, representing developers and investors in connection with acquisitions, sales, equity and securities, credit facilities, leases and all other commercial real estate needs. His clients span a broad spectrum of asset categories, including their retail, office, ...
Bradley J. Sklar is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office, where he serves as Co-Leader of the Dentons Tax National Practice Group. Brad focuses on complex tax, entity, and business planning transactions, including mergers and acquisitions; sales of businesses; sale and purchase structuring and funding of large real estate transactions; raising capital; and navigation of state and local tax incentives. He counsels clients in tax and business planning and entity st...
Frederic's primary practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, business entity formations, corporate counsel, private equity transactions, financing transactions and securities offerings. Frederic's clients include healthcare services businesses, construction and engineering firms, real estate developers, diversified service and manufacturing companies, and government contractors. Frederic has substantial experience in transactions involving the construction materials, construction and c...
Mr. Smith's practice focuses on formation, financing and ongoing representation of emerging and established businesses, with an emphasis on government contracting, healthcare and technology companies. Mr. Smith also counsels clients regarding mergers and acquisitions, tax issues, equity and debt financing, executive compensation, joint ventures, strategic alliances, estate planning, healthcare and other related issues.
Ron Snider is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group, where he focuses his practice on bank regulatory law and corporate law. From 1973 to 1979, Ron was with the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, first in the Office of the General Counsel, and then as assistant secretary. He also served as assistant secretary of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation from 1976 to 1979. In addition to his active involvement in a number of professional associations, Ron is a member, and past chairman, of the...
Since the early 1990s, Tom Sullivan’s practice has primarily involved representation of healthcare providers. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America in the category of Health Care Law. He serves as counsel for a Medicaid managed care organization which operates the Medicaid maternity program pursuant to a federal waiver and is owned and operated by ten Birmingham area hospitals which render Medicaid funded maternity services in the Birmingham area. He represents a for profit corporatio...
Michael Thomason advises public and private clients, from start-ups to large corporations, in the areas of business formation, mergers and acquisitions, investment and financing transactions, securities compliance, and a variety of other transactions and corporate matters. Michael advises companies on a broad range of issues affecting their businesses, including clients in banking and financial services, healthcare and healthcare technology, manufacturing, retail, media and entertainment, pro...
Tracy Thompson is a partner in the firm's Birmingham office. Her practice is concentrated in the corporate and securities area and includes mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, private placements of equity and debt securities, and general corporate advice. Most of her time is spent representing clients in stock or asset purchase or sale transactions and mergers. Tracy also regularly advises clients with regard to drafting and negotiating buy-sell, partnership and operating agreements, corp...
Robert Walthall is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. He counsels clients on a broad range of federal tax and related matters. Robert provides tax-planning advice to individuals and businesses, represents clients in administrative and judicial tax controversies at the state and federal levels, including the US Tax Court and other federal and Alabama courts, and represents clients in civil and criminal tax defense. He also counsels clients with respect to organizing and tax planning fo...
Michael Waters is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. He focuses on issues facing banks, financial institutions, and other financial-services entities. Mike has practiced corporate and securities law, primarily in the financial institutions area, for more than 30 years. He routinely represents banks, bank holding companies, and other financial entities in acquisitions, capital raising transactions, SEC and shareholder issues, new bank formations, and board fiduciary duty issues. He has...
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