Mark Davidson
Renaissance Plaza, Suite 2000, 230 North Elm Street, P.O. Box 26000 Greensboro, North Carolina 27420
Firm:
Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP
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Overview
Mark Davidson plans, negotiates, and documents a wide variety of transactions in the life of a business, including organization, equity and debt financing, executive compensation, taxation, acquisitions, dispositions, and management/ownership succession. He has broad knowledge of the laws regulating business entity organization and governance, corporate and partnership taxation, private placement of securities, and contracts, and assists business owners in their estate planning.
Honors & Awards
- Recipient of Distinguished Service Award, North Carolina Bar Association Business Law Section
- Recognized as a member of North Carolina's "Legal Elite Hall of Fame", also recognized for Business Law and Tax and Estate Planning
- Recognized in North Carolina Super Lawyers for Business/Corporate Law
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America in Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Greensboro Lawyer of the Year 2016, 2018, and 2020), Securities/Capital Markets Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) Law, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law (2020), and Tax Law
- Recognition by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business as a leader in North Carolina in Corporate Law / Mergers & Acquisitions
Professional & Community Activities
- Member, Board of Directors, Greensboro Country Club (Secretary, 2016-present)
- Founding Chair of the Business Law Practice Community and Treasurer, Law Firm Alliance
- Past President and Member of Board of Directors, Preservation Greensboro, Inc.
- Member, LLC Act Task Force, North Carolina Bar Association, 2008--2014
- Chair, 2005-2007, Vice Chair, 2003-2005, and Member, Business Law Section Council, North Carolina Bar Association
- Member and Past Chairman, Business Organizations Committee, North Carolina Bar Association
- Chairman, Cross-Entity Mergers and Conversions Legislative Drafting Committee, North Carolina Bar Association
- Member, Tax Law Section Council, North Carolina Bar, 1999-2002
- Member, Board of Directors, Piedmont Triad Partnership, 2007-2009
- Member, Board of Directors, Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial Network, 2006-2008
- Past President and Director, Nat Greene Kiwanis
- Past President, Triad Youth Lacrosse Association
- Past Parade Chairman, Fun Fourth Festival
- Past Chair, Community Enrichment Venture Grant Committee, United Way of Greater Greensboro
- Graduate, Leadership Greensboro
Articles, Publications & Speeches
- "Proposed IRS Valuation Rules Could Have Major Impact on Family Wealth Transfers"
- "Joint Venture Operating Agreements," 2009 Business Law Institute, North Carolina Bar Association
- "Section 409A Requires Changes in Drafting Executive Stock Options," Notes Bearing Interest
- "Representing Seller in Deferred Payment Acquisitions; When Less May Be More and Other Practice Pointers," Notes Bearing Interest
- "An Introduction to Cross-Entity Mergers and Conversions," Business Law Section CLE, North Carolina Bar Association
- "The Corporate General Partner - Family Limited Partnerships Provide New Life for an Old Friend," Notes Bearing Interest
- "Federal Income Taxation of Cross-Entity Mergers and Conversions," Tax Law Section CLE, North Carolina Bar Association
- "Choice of Entity in 1997 and Beyond," Business Law Section CLE, North Carolina Bar Association
- "Joint Ventures," CPA Continuing Education
- "Divisive Reorganizations," CPA Continuing Education
- "Partnership Taxation," CPA Continuing Education
- "Cross Entity Mergers and Conversion," The Will and the Way
- "North Carolina Business Entity Changes," Business Law Section CLE, North Carolina Bar Association
News
- Brooks Pierce Lawyers Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2016
- Brooks Pierce Earns Top Rankings in 2015 Chambers USA
- Mark Davidson Named to Business North Carolina Legal Elite Hall of Fame
- Mark Davidson Receives Distinguished Service Award
Seminars & Speaking Engagements
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Awards
Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Triad (2020)
Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Greensboro (2018)
Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Greensboro (2016)
Securities / Capital Markets Law, Greensboro (2012)
- Recognized by his peers for inclusion in Business North Carolina's "Legal Elite" Hall of Fame for Business Law (2010-present)
- Recipient of Distinguished Service Award, North Carolina Bar Association Business Law Section
- Recognized in North Carolina Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) in Business/Corporate Law (2011-2019)
- Recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for Corporate Law/Mergers & Acquisitions (2008-2019)
Education
University of Virginia, J.D.
Graduated 1983
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, BA
Graduated 1980
Contact Details and Office Locations
Renaissance Plaza, Suite 2000, 230 North Elm Street, P.O. Box 26000
Greensboro, North Carolina 27420
Greensboro, North Carolina 27420
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