Seth T. Walker
Member, Corporate, Attorney at Moore & Van Allen PLLC
About
Seth T. Walker represents fundless sponsors, independent sponsors, and private equity sponsors in investment and finance transactions. He represents privately held company owners in sales and ownership transitions for succession. He counsels family offices, venture capital investors, and SBICs on their investments. He advises BDCs and banks on investments and financings. He evaluates, structures, and negotiates mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and leveraged buyouts. He earned his J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2016. He structures minority and control equity investments, carve-outs, and cross-border transactions. He negotiates employee stock ownership plan transactions for company owners.
Who is a good fit for Seth T. Walker
- Independent sponsors and fundless sponsors negotiating an acquisition.
- Private equity sponsors structuring a leveraged buyout or a divestiture.
- Owners of privately held companies planning a sale or an ownership transition.
- Family offices weighing a carve-out or a cross-border transaction.
Education and admissions
- Education
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D., 2016
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte, B.A., 2013
- Bar admissions
- North Carolina
Recognition
- Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law "Ones to Watch," 2024-2027
- Lawdragon 500 X - The Next Generation, 2025-2026
Specialties
Representative matters
As described on the firm’s website.
- Represented founders of large regional construction company in a restructuring and subsequent 100% sale to an employee stock ownership plan. Continued representing company in ongoing governance and ESOP compliance matters
- Represented founder of surveying, scanning, and GIS technologies company in a majority sale to an employee stock ownership plan. Continued representing company in ongoing governance and ESOP compliance matters
- Represented independent sponsor in series of acquisitions related to early childhood education
- Represented a private equity firm in the acquisition of a nationally recognized media and merchandising platform specializing in home goods
- Represented a company owning several behavioral health provider agencies in series of add-on acquisitions and in a subsequent sale to global investment management firm
- Represented a family office in a carve-out of a digital asset management software business from a publicly-owned, multinational computer technology corporation and in a subsequent sale to a privately held provider of software and hardware products
- Represented a search fund in the acquisition of a business engaged in supplying shrink-sleeved cans to craft beverage businesses across the beer, wine, spirits, energy drinks, coffee, kombucha, and CBD industries (buyer side)
- Represented a practice management services company in a minority equity investment in a digital eye care technologies company
- Represented start-up company in initial fundraising transactions. Continued representing company in subsequent financing transactions and ongoing corporate governance matters
Deal profile
- Typical deal size
- Any deal size
- Remote work
- In-person / regional