Charlotte, NC – Ben Baldwin recently joined Parker Poe's office in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he will advise financial institutions, investment funds, developers, and other businesses on financing transactions, joint ventures, acquisitions, and strategic corporate objectives.
Ben's practice spans a broad range of corporate finance and commercial transactions, with particular experience in lending, private credit, mezzanine finance, subscription credit facilities, and equity investments. He represents both capital providers and borrowers, giving him a practical understanding of transactions from multiple perspectives.
"Ben brings the highest level of sophistication in corporate finance, and our clients will immediately benefit from his counsel," said Jimmy Greene, chair of Parker Poe's Corporate Department. "He will play a key role as we further develop our corporate finance practice and add value across our business law services."
"I've been fortunate to spend over 30 years building relationships and working with terrific clients and colleagues, and I'm excited to begin a new chapter at Parker Poe," Ben said. "This is the right opportunity to bring the experience I’ve accumulated to a new group of clients and colleagues and continue doing what I enjoy most about the practice: helping businesses and their owners navigate the waters of their complex business transactions."
Ben regularly counsels clients on joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and other business transactions. His joint venture experience includes real estate, product supply, and technology ventures, while his acquisition and disposition work has involved businesses across a range of industries, including manufacturing, media, health care, and cemetery and funeral home operations.
Beyond individual transactions, Ben advises businesses on governance, ownership, and operational issues. He counsels clients on shareholder and operating agreements, capital and debt structures, ownership disputes and buyouts, commercial contracts, and other day-to-day business needs. He has also served as outside general counsel to several clients. He joins Parker Poe from Robinson Bradshaw.
Ben has held numerous positions within the North Carolina Bar Association, including service on its board of governors and as chair of the Business Law Section. For 13 years, he served as the general editor of Robinson on North Carolina Corporation Law, a LexisNexis treatise.
He received his law degree and bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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