Eric represents both public and private company clients in corporate and securities law matters and complex transactions. He advises clients on a full range of commercial matters, including company formation and choice of entity, raising angel and venture capital, negotiating complex contracts, director and officer fiduciary duties, going public, and public company strategic transactions including mergers and acquisitions, proxy contests, corporate reorganizations, securities offerings, and managing complex commercial relationships.

In the News

• Greenville defense contractor sold
• Ranger International Buyout Recognized as "Deal of the Decade" by the M&A Advisor Magazine
• Twenty Wyche Lawyers Listed in the 2012 Edition of Best Lawyers®
• Creating a corporate culture of giving

Representative Matters

• Represented Ranger International Services Group, Inc., an aviation, logistics and engineering services firm, in its acquisition by Berger Group Holdings, Inc., a global engineering firm, announced February 1, 2012
• Represented Span-America Medical Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:  SPAN), a manufacturer of hospital bed mattresses and other foam products, in its acquisition of the assets of M.C. Healthcare Products, Inc., a Canadian company that manufactures hospital bed frames and sells other hospital room furniture, for approximately $9.8 million in December 2011
• Represented Ranger International Services Group, Inc. in its acqusition of U.S. Logistics, Inc. -- Named "Lower Middle Market Deal of the Year" for 2009 and one of the "Deals of the Decade" by The M&A Advisor Magazine
• Represented the founders of a private company who had built their business over 20 years in selling a majority interest in their company for over $50 million to two private equity funds
• Represented publicly traded forest products company in connection with a 144A private placement of $400 million of senior notes and subsequent exchange offering registered on Form S-4 and a $250 million offering of floating rate notes in a takedown from a universal shelf registration statement

Professional Background

Bar and Court Admissions

• South Carolina Bar, 1997

Professional and Community Activities

• Urban League of the Upstate, Board of Directors, 2009-Present; General Counsel, 2009-11
• Guardian Ad Litem for Children in DSS Abuse and Neglect cases, Volunteer, 1998-Present
• Caine Halter Family YMCA, Board of Advisors, 2006-11
• Friends of the Greenville County Volunteer GAL Program, Board of Directors, 2004-06
• Greenville Housing Authority, Board of Commissioners, 2000-07; Chairman, 2006-07
• Palmetto Boys Shelter of Miracle Hill Ministries, 1998-2003

Publications and Presentations

• Doing Business in South Carolina Guide, author of Section XV:  Licenses, updated August 2010
• Raising Capital 101:  Legal Considerations for Entrepreneurs, Start-ups and Small Businesses, as heard on "South Carolina Business Review" with Mike Switzer broadcast on June 26, 2008