Profile

George Pretty advises domestic and foreign corporations regarding a broad range of business transactions, including inbound and outbound acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, recapitalizations and reorganizations.

Mr. Pretty serves as outside counsel to numerous foreign and domestic entities and supports numerous in-house counsel in the automotive, chemicals, electronics, pharmaceutical, industrial machinery and defense market commercial sectors. His representation of firm clients involves frequent travel across the United States, Europe and Asia.

In addition, Mr. Pretty advises corporations regarding domestic and foreign capital business expansion and relocation transactions for headquarters and manufacturing operations.

Experience Highlights

• Represented the shareholders of a privately held textile manufacturing company in the sale of assets and businesses to a multinational strategic buyer
• Represented a foreign publicly traded strategic buyer in a series of asset purchase transactions involving assets in Canada, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States
• Represented a foreign publicly traded strategic buyer in the acquisition of environmentally-challenged utility assets
• Represented the shareholders of a privately held regional insurance brokerage company in the sale of stock to a multinational banking company
• Represented a foreign publicly traded strategic buyer in the acquisition of technology assets from a multinational chemical company

News

• Playing the Government Incentives Game
  Public Company Forum Newsletter: Winter 2012
  January 26, 2012
• Exploring for State and Local Business Incentives: Finding the Highest Ground for Growth
  Business Law Alert
  November 11, 2009
• More than 50 Parker Poe Attorneys among Business Leader's Top Lawyers
  September 24, 2008
• Regional Competition Boosts Economy
  Charlotte Business Journal
  August 31, 2007
• Wachovia Presents Cornerstone Award to Parker Poe
  October 3, 2006
• Deadline Approaching to Secure Tax Credits at Current Level for Investment in Machinery and Equipment
  December 21, 2002

Memberships

• Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
  General Counsel, 1999
• North Carolina Chamber of Commerce
  Tax Committee, 2008-present
• South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
  Tax Committee, 2000-present
• Strafford Publications
  Tax Incentives Alert, Editorial Advisory Board
• Institute for Professionals in Taxation
  Affiliate
• Industrial Asset Management Council