Greg is a creative and proactive attorney who offers a beneficial combination of legal experience with the insight gained from previously serving as a Certified Public Accountant. As a dedicated and conscientious guide, he helps regional, national, and international clients through a variety of legal needs. He can guide clients across mergers, acquisitions, and tax planning so you can confidently pursue your mission. He is adept at tailoring legal strategies that directly address your specific business or personal needs.
As a legal ally to non-profits, Greg enjoys teaching tax-exempt organizations how to more effectively manage their resources and operations. He works diligently to help you through formation, financing, and acquisitions. Further, he can help you protect your assets and manage your liability and risk, while skillfully facilitating joint ventures. In every step, his goal is to help you look forward and stay on track, so you come out ahead with sound legal outcomes.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Greg was a Senior Auditor and consultant with KPMG. There, he counseled clients in the information, communications, and entertainment industries through initial and secondary public and private offerings. By bringing steadfast support, he encouraged clients to establish and implement “best practices” in their newly acquired business units. In addition to his work in the United States, Greg also worked as an expatriate in KPMG’s London, United Kingdom office, focusing on auditing and consulting to financial service providers.
Greg currently serves as an adjunct law professor with Regent University School of Law, teaching non-profit law, mergers and acquisitions, international transactions, and business planning and taxation. Further, Greg is a professor for the International Transaction class in South Korea, through its partnership with Regent University. Greg is also a sought-after lecturer for corporations and educational institutions throughout the U.S. and internationally, including Africa, Europe and Asia. He has been a guest lecturer at a Fortune 150 company’s corporate training on international transactions.
Professional Highlights
Strategic Planning: Developed, analyzed, and executed strategic planning for $100 million closely held business transaction
Joint Venture Facilitating: Navigated skillfully international transactional issues allowing a $150 million joint venture of key U.S.–based natural resource organizations to successfully achieve cross-border trade and investment flows with Africa
Venture Capital Raising: Conceived, composed, and implemented offering placement memorandums and related agreements for multiple venture capital and private equity funds raising capital ranging from $5 million to $100 million
Tax Strategizing: Structured and implemented innovative international tax strategies and drafted numerous related agreements allowing one of the United States’ largest donor-advised funds to expand worldwide
International Protecting: Formulated distinct financial holdings and operational structures for a Fortune 500 company to uniquely protect organizational and governmental interests domestically and internationally
Recognition
"Legal Elite", 2016-2017, 2019-2022 Virginia Business Magazine
Super Lawyers, 2010
"20 under 40", Emerging Leaders, 2009 Blue Ridge Business Journal
Background
Education
University of Richmond B.S. cum laude, 1993
College of William & Mary Law School J.D. 2000
Admissions
District of Columbia
New York
Virginia
Involvement
Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association Business Law and Tax Sections
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
Regent University School of Law Adjunct Professor
Virginia Board of Accountancy, CPA
Virginia State Bar
Community Service
Great Commission Resource International, Inc. Strategic Planning Committee Member
Mars Hill Faith & Freedom Worldwide Summit
Pinnacle Forum
Stop Abuse Advisory Board Member
Storehouse Trust/Crosswater Global Foundation, Ltd.
Tidewater Community College/Academy for Nonprofit Excellence Guest Lecturer