Robert E. Futrell, Jr.
Attorney, Attorney at Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton
Editor of the Syracuse Law Reviewmember of the Order of the CoifAmerican Bar Association, Section of Business LawNorth Carolina Bar Association, Business Law SectionWake County Bar AssociationNorth Carolina State BarUrban Ministries of Wake County, Board MemberWorks with buyers & sellers
About
Robert E. Futrell, Jr. represents borrowers and lenders in acquisition financings at Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton. He represents private and public company buyers and sellers in M&A transactions. His debt financing work includes cash flow financings, asset-based financings, and mezzanine financings. He earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law. His corporate transaction practice spans a broad range of industries. He also represents borrowers and lenders in syndicated credit facilities.
Who is a good fit for Robert E. Futrell, Jr.
- Private and public company buyers and sellers seeking counsel for M&A transactions.
- Borrowers and lenders seeking representation in acquisition financings.
Education and admissions
- Education
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Syracuse University College of Law, J.D.
- Bar admissions
- North Carolina
Recognition
- Listed among The Best Lawyers in America: Banking and Finance Law (2014-2027)
- Listed among Business North Carolina Magazine Legal Elite: Bankruptcy (2014); Business (2015, 2019, 2026)
Specialties
Buy-side M&A representationSell-side M&A representation
Representative matters
As described on the firm’s website.
- Represented a private equity-backed acquisition vehicle in its purchase of substantially all of the assets of a designer and manufacturer of precision machined aerospace components and specialty fastener products serving the aerospace, defense, and marine industries (buyer side)
- Served as outside counsel to an international waste management company in its acquisition of a major solid waste company operating in Virginia and Pennsylvania (buyer side)
- Represented a leading life sciences and healthcare investor in its acquisition of an anti-fungal drug development company (buyer side)
- Served as outside counsel to an international waste management company in its acquisition of a recycler of petroleum and heavy metals contaminated soils (buyer side)
- Represented a health informatics company in its sale to a leading global private equity firm
- Served as outside counsel to a geotechnical and environmental engineering firm in connection with multiple acquisitions of regional engineering firms
- Represented a full-service tower engineering and construction company in its acquisition by a private equity firm
- Served as outside counsel to a fiber-optic amenity company in a 363 sale of its assets in bankruptcy (seller side)
- Represented a leading remanufacturer and servicer of dry-type and liquid-filled transformers in connection with its sale and post-closing remediation of environmental contamination
- Served as outside counsel to a rural telecommunications company in several multistate acquisitions and its ultimate sale to a global telecommunications/technology company
Deal profile
- Typical deal size
- Any deal size
- Remote work
- In-person / regional