Gregory B. "Greg" Wilcox
Greg is a shareholder of the firm, a member of the firm's Business, Finance, and Real Estate Department and has served as chairman of the firm. With a practice focused on business law and business transactions, he has represented a diverse mix of organizations, including Fortune 500, multi-national, and closely-held companies.
In addition to transactional assignments and other projects for his business clients, Greg is often requested to assist clients in a capacity similar to that of an in-house general counsel. In that strategic role, he advises clients on the difficult issues and challenging opportunities for businesses.
Greg has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Corporate Law, Corporate Compliance and Mergers & Acquisitions; in Chambers USA for Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions; and Great Plains Super Lawyers for Business/Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions and Closely-Held Business. He was recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® as the 2015 Mergers & Acquisitions Law "Lawyer of the Year" in Des Moines.
He has practiced in many facets of business law, including business acquisitions and divestitures, mergers, joint ventures, contracts, business financing, advising boards of directors, corporate restructuring and reorganizations, franchising, cooperative law, software licensing, and private placements of securities for clients in a wide variety of industries.
Greg's representation of closely-held businesses includes formation, buy-sell agreements, business planning, disputes among owners, and liquidation.
Greg has served as an adjunct professor at Drake University Law School teaching the mergers and acquisitions class.
PRACTICE AREAS
Agribusiness
Business and Commercial Transactions
Business Organizations
Cooperatives
Corporate Finance, Venture Capital, and Securities
Corporate Governance
Mergers and Acquisitions
EDUCATION
University of Iowa (B.B.A.)
Major: Finance
Minor: Accounting
Drake University (J.D., with honors)
BAR ADMISSIONS
Iowa
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor, Mergers & Acquisitions, Drake University Law School, 2009-2010; 2014
Des Moines, Iowa 50309-3899
