Practice Areas

Advising Corporations in North Carolina and Abroad

Rayburn Cooper & Durham advises a wide range of North Carolina, out-of-state, and international clients in all types of business law matters. The lawyers at the firm have extensive experience in counseling large corporations in complex matters of corporate law and finance. They are frequently called in to advise on crisis situations, where their expertise and responsiveness has often served to resolve serious legal and financial problems.

North Carolina Business Bankruptcy and Litigation Law Firm

The cornerstone of the firm's practice is its work in corporate and business bankruptcy. As a leading North Carolina business bankruptcy and litigation law firm, Rayburn Cooper & Durham has the ability to quickly identify ways to preserve business assets. Where a pathway to financial solvency may exist, the firm helps clients develop viable workout or Chapter 11 plans. Often, the firm finds that the root of a financial problem lies not in basic business fundamentals, but in some other cause, such as a business tort or poorly structured transaction. The firm's attorneys apply their legal abilities to identify and resolve these types of problems in parallel to resolving the bankruptcy matter.

Rayburn Cooper & Durham serves corporate, business, and individual clients in these areas of law:

• Business Workouts and Recapitalizations Alternatives to business bankruptcy
• Business Bankruptcy Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings
• Business Formation and Governance Formation of corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies, directors’ and officers’ liability issues.
• Corporate Finance and Securities Public securities offerings, private placements, advice to issuers and broker-dealer firms in proceedings before state and federal regulatory agencies, advice to mutual funds and advisors in regulatory compliance matters, and compliance with state and federal laws and regulations.
• Business Asset Transfers Mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, corporate restructuring, and business succession matters.
• Business Transactions Contracts, commercial real estate transactions, secured transactions, and licensing, distribution, and franchising agreements.
• Business Ownership Disputes Shareholder and partner lawsuits or disputes, joint venture disputes, proxy battles, corporate takeovers, and director liability matters.
• General Civil Litigation Contract disputes, employment law disputes, antitrust actions, unfair trade practices, business torts, litigation involving real estate, construction, securities law violations, personal injury, bankruptcy, and product liability.
• Complex Business Litigation Mergers and acquisitions, antitrust, unfair trade practices, receiverships, takeovers, proxy contests, and sophisticated securities issues.

Please note that Rayburn Cooper & Durham does not represent large banks or financial institutions, and welcomes clients having disputes with large banking firms.

For a consultation with Rayburn Cooper & Durham, call (704) 334-0891, or contact us online.