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About Forrest Reid Avett

Forrest Reid Avett is a lawyer practicing corporate law, securities, corporate/business and 3 other areas of law. Forrest received a B.S. degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1997, and has been licensed for 21 years. Forrest practices at Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP in Washington, DC.

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Areas of Law

  • Corporate Law
  • Securities
  • Taxation
  • Other 3
    • Corporate/Business
    • Securities Law
    • Advertising

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Attorney
    Firm Name
    Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Representative Matters: Represented a NASDAQ listed medical device manufacturer in a $7.5 million registered direct offering to an institutional investor.
    Represented a biomedical company in an alternative public offering, allowing the company to raise $21.5 million in a private placement financing in connection with a reverse merger into a publicly held company.
    Represented an investment bank, as underwriter
    sole book running manager, in connection with the $7.2 million initial public offering by a NASDAQ listed diversified clean energy company.
    Represented an investment bank, as placement agent, in raising $15.0 million for a NASDAQ listed biomedical public company. In the offering, the company issued shares of either common stock
    preferred stock as well as warrants to purchase common stock.
    Represented a NASDAQ listed intellectual property company in a $3.5 million PIPE transaction with a single institutional investor.
    Represented an investment bank, as placement agent, in a PIPE transaction consisting of convertible notes
    warrants for a provider of mobile electric power solutions.
    Represented a growth equity fund in leading a $12 million round of Series B funding for a professional services firm.
    Represented a NASDAQ listed company in a series of PIPE
    at-the-market offerings aggregating in excess of $15 million.
    Represented a NASDAQ listed company in the filing of an omnibus shelf registration statement on Form S-3 for up to $200 million of securities
    an omnibus acquisition shelf registration statement on Form S-4 for up to $200 million of securities.
    Represented a closely held corporation in terminating a coal mining lease, which, along with obtaining a cash payment, will allow the corporation to sell approximately 20 million tons of minable coal reserve at market royalty rates.
    Represented a French CAC 40 company in connection with the sale of its wind-to-energy subsidiary for $81 million.
    Represented a NYSE listed company in connection with its $138 million initial public offering.
    Counsel to a closely held corporation in a 1031 exchange consisting of a sale of four net lease properties located in various states for $14 million,
    a subsequent purchase of four replacement properties in California for $15 million.
    Represented a private equity firm in connection with the sale of a human resources outsourcing firm to a NYSE listed company.
    Represented a French CAC 40 company as lender
    guarantor in connection with a $230 million project syndicated loan to a wind energy project.
    Represented an IT staffing
    consulting company in connection with a two-step transaction involving a corporate restructuring in which the company contributed substantial amounts of its assets
    liabilities to a Delaware limited liability company, which simultaneously sold its preferred units to a third party investor for $20 million.
    Represented a governmental entity in its privatization. Transaction involved the transfer of all of the assets
    liabilities of the entity to a nonprofit entity while maintaining the government entity's mission.
    Represented multiple pro bono clients with incorporating
    obtaining IRS tax exempt status.

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    2005, Maryland
    2006, District of Columbia
    Memberships

    Professional Activities

    •District of Columbia Bar Association
    •Maryland Bar Association
    •American Bar Association
    •North Carolina Certified Public Accountant

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Emory University School of Law
    J.D.
    2005 Emory Law Advisory Board
    Other Education
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Class of 1997
    B.S.

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Class of 1998
    M.Acc.
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Dalton, Georgia

Forrest Reid Avett

Attorney at Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
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1200 19th St. N.W., Ste. 500Washington, DC 20036U.S.A.

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