Frantz Ward LLP Adds Associate Gregory L. Watkins to Corporate/M&A Practice

Frantz Ward LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Gregory L. Watkins as associate to the firm’s Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group.

Gregory L. Watkins focuses his practice on business and corporate law. He has experience in mergers and acquisitions, representing sellers and buyers in transactions involving privately held companies. In addition, Greg counsels clients on general business matters, including formation, organization and structure, governance, compliance, contract negotiations, and exit strategies. Greg also has experience in health care transactions and transactions involving distressed assets. Greg has a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and a B.A. from Ohio University.

Frantz Ward’s Corporate Practice Group regularly provides counsel in all areas of corporate formation, operation and governance, and business strategies and development. In many respects, Frantz Ward serves as “outside general counsel” to our clients and provides day-to-day support and guidance on a wide variety of business issues. With a keen awareness as to where disputes most commonly arise in connection with corporate ownership, governance, and operational matters, Frantz Ward’s Corporate Practice Group’s proactive, multi-disciplinary approach to general corporate matters is designed to ensure the efficient continuity and profitability of corporate operations, prevent future claims, avoid potential deadlocks and inabilities to take action, maximize compliance with laws, rules and regulations, and minimize the risk of litigation and/or enforcement actions. Mergers and acquisitions are an integral part of the corporate practice. Frantz Ward attorneys provide counsel in all aspects of M&A transactions and pull from the firm’s depth of experience in a variety of disciplines necessary to consummate a successful transaction (e.g. bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, employee benefits, intellectual property, labor and employment, real estate, and tax).