Samuel W. Johnson

130 S. Franklin St.

Rocky Mount, NC 27804

Direct: 252.972.7118

Fax: 252.972.7045

Raleigh                              

Direct: 919.783.2889

Fax: 919.783.1075

swjohnson@poynerspruill.com

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Areas of Practice

Business Law, Real Estate Law, Economic Development

Education

J.D., Duke University, 1972

B.A., Duke University, 1969

Representative Experience

General Counsel to Carolinas Gateway Partnership

General Representation of Business Entities

  • Corporate and other entity structure, organization and capitalization issues

  • Mergers and corporate reorganization

  • Purchase and sale of businesses

  • Acquisition of businesses from bankrupt estates 

  • Franchising

  • Contract negotiation and drafting

  • Asset-based and non-asset-based financing

  • Commercial real estate; purchase, sale and financing

  • Multi-state and interstate transactions

  • Negotiations of economic development inducement agreements

Professional/Community Activities

2006 Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce’s Distinguished Citizen Award

Seventh Judicial District Bar Association

Nash-Edgecombe Bar Association

North Carolina Bar Association, Real Estate Section and Antitrust Section

American Bar Association, Business Law Section