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Turning 125: Nelson Mullins Celebrating 125 Years of Legal Service in 2022
In January 1897, attorney P.H. Nelson left his position as solicitor of the Fifth Judicial Circuit to set up a private law practice in Columbia, S.C. The State newspaper contained a short but prescient news item on Jan. 26 about the endeavor, which noted that "the new firm should meet with great success."
And they were right. Today, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP offers legal services in 15 states and the District of Columbia from 31 offices with 930+ attorneys, policy advisors, and professionals. It is the 71st largest law firm in the nation based on 2021 gross revenues, according to The American Lawyer’s Am Law 100, a legal news organization that tracks law firm growth.
Throughout 2022, Nelson Mullins will be sharing seminal events from its history that highlight its growth from a one-man firm in 1897 to where we are today. Click here to learn more.
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July 6, 2022
Partner Virginia "Ginger" Rolfes will be a panelist for a CLE on July 6 titled "Real Estate Finance: Structuring Earnout, Release Parcel, and Partial Prepayment/Defeasance Provisions." The CLE will discuss holdbacks and earnout provisions under which mortgage proceeds are retained by the lender but made available to the borrower upon satisfaction of certain conditions. The panel will also analyze provisions that allow for the release of a parcel post-closing, including the subdivision, easement rights, and entity issues to address. In addition, the panel will discuss the prepayment and partial defeasance options with either scenario.
Real Estate Finance: Structuring Earnout, Release Parcel, and Partial Prepayment/Defeasance Provisions Hosted by: Strafford
P. Mason Hogue, Jr.
Partner
1320 Main Street
17th Floor
Columbia, SC 29201
Mason serves as assistant corporate group leader and is the co-head of the Technology and Procurement Industry Group. He is a business attorney and often serves as outside general counsel to growth companies. He practices in the areas of corporate law, intellectual property law, and technology law. His area of focus is representing growth companies with...
Mason serves as assistant corporate group leader and is the co-head of the Technology and Procurement Industry Group. He is a business attorney and often serves as outside general counsel to growth companies. He practices in the areas of corporate law, intellectual property law, and technology law. His area of focus is representing growth companies with respect to corporate, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, securities, strategic alliance, outsourcing, and licensing matters.
respect to corporate, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, securities, strategic alliance, outsourcing, and licensing matters.
Experience
Experience
- Has represented both suppliers and buyers of technology services and products with clients ranging from technology startups and emerging market companies to public companies
- Experience drafting and negotiating outsourcing agreements, software design and development agreements, cloud computing and network based application hosting agreements, hardware and software purchase/licensing agreements, patent license agreements, reseller and vendor agreements, product supply agreements, and subcontracting agreements
- Has served as general counsel to software and technology companies and assists in angel, venture capital and debt financings, strategic joint ventures and acquisitions, corporate governance, incentive and executive compensation arrangements and company sale transactions
Representative Transactions
- Represented a software company in a merger with a Fortune 500 company
- Represented a software - as a service - company in the mortgage industry in a stock sale to a Canadian public company
- Represents a large private company with respect to its domestic and international patent license transactions
- Represented a venture backed software company in acquiring and restructuring exclusive license rights to core software technology from an Australian company
- Represented a large company in the outsourcing of its information technology department
- Represented a Canadian company in the sale of a U.S. manufacturing division
- Represents U.S. division of a UK company in its U.S. acquisitions
- Represents a private equity backed manufacturing company regarding all of its supply, license, agent, broker and subcontract agreements
- Represents financial institutions in software, software as a service and cloud computing arrangements
- Represents a large distributor with respect to software license and technology agreements
Education
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University of South Carolina School of Law,
JD,
magna cum laude
(1992)
- First Honor Graduate
- Editor in Chief, South Carolina Law Review
- University of South Carolina, Masters of International Business Studies (1988)
- University of South Carolina, BS, Chemical Engineering, magna cum laude (1986)
Admissions
- South Carolina
- Georgia
Practice Areas
Experience
- Has represented both suppliers and buyers of technology services and products with clients ranging from technology startups and emerging market companies to public companies
- Experience drafting and negotiating outsourcing agreements, software design and development agreements, cloud computing and network based application hosting agreements, hardware and software purchase/licensing agreements, patent license agreements, reseller and vendor agreements, product supply agreements, and subcontracting agreements
- Has served as general counsel to software and technology companies and assists in angel, venture capital and debt financings, strategic joint ventures and acquisitions, corporate governance, incentive and executive compensation arrangements and company sale transactions
Representative Transactions
- Represented a software company in a merger with a Fortune 500 company
- Represented a software - as a service - company in the mortgage industry in a stock sale to a Canadian public company
- Represents a large private company with respect to its domestic and international patent license transactions
- Represented a venture backed software company in acquiring and restructuring exclusive license rights to core software technology from an Australian company
- Represented a large company in the outsourcing of its information technology department
- Represented a Canadian company in the sale of a U.S. manufacturing division
- Represents U.S. division of a UK company in its U.S. acquisitions
- Represents a private equity backed manufacturing company regarding all of its supply, license, agent, broker and subcontract agreements
- Represents financial institutions in software, software as a service and cloud computing arrangements
- Represents a large distributor with respect to software license and technology agreements
Media
Recognitions
- S.C. Supreme Court Pro Bono Honor Roll (2019, 2020)
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law (2006–2022)
- The Best Lawyers in America's Lawyer of the Year, Columbia, SC
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2019)
- Securities/Capital Markets Law (2012)
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Corporate/M&A – South Carolina (2004–2022)
Community
- Board of Directors, SC Chamber of Commerce (2017–2021)
- Member of Board of Advisors to EngenuitySC and serves on an entrepreneurship subcommittee
- Member of the Committee of 100 (former board member and chair of international committee), Columbia Chamber of Commerce (former board member), and the South Carolina Economic Developers Association
- Contributor to and supporter of the USC/Columbia Technology Incubator
- Served on a pro bono basis as general counsel to the Palmetto Biotechnology Alliance, FuelCellSouth, and the Software Developers Association of the Midlands
- Graduate of Leadership South Carolina (2005)
Mason serves as assistant corporate group leader and is the co-head of the Technology and Procurement Industry Group. He is a business attorney and often serves as outside general counsel to growth companies. He practices in the areas of corporate law, intellectual property law, and technology law. His area of focus is representing growth companies with... respect to corporate, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, securities, strategic alliance, outsourcing, and licensing matters.
Experience
Following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.Experience
- Has represented both suppliers and buyers of technology services and products with clients ranging from technology startups and emerging market companies to public companies
- Experience drafting and negotiating outsourcing agreements, software design and development agreements, cloud computing and network based application hosting agreements, hardware and software purchase/licensing agreements, patent license agreements, reseller and vendor agreements, product supply agreements, and subcontracting agreements
- Has served as general counsel to software and technology companies and assists in angel, venture capital and debt financings, strategic joint ventures and acquisitions, corporate governance, incentive and executive compensation arrangements and company sale transactions
Representative Transactions
- Represented a software company in a merger with a Fortune 500 company
- Represented a software - as a service - company in the mortgage industry in a stock sale to a Canadian public company
- Represents a large private company with respect to its domestic and international patent license transactions
- Represented a venture backed software company in acquiring and restructuring exclusive license rights to core software technology from an Australian company
- Represented a large company in the outsourcing of its information technology department
- Represented a Canadian company in the sale of a U.S. manufacturing division
- Represents U.S. division of a UK company in its U.S. acquisitions
- Represents a private equity backed manufacturing company regarding all of its supply, license, agent, broker and subcontract agreements
- Represents financial institutions in software, software as a service and cloud computing arrangements
- Represents a large distributor with respect to software license and technology agreements
Education
-
University of South Carolina School of Law,
JD,
magna cum laude
(1992)
- First Honor Graduate
- Editor in Chief, South Carolina Law Review
- University of South Carolina, Masters of International Business Studies (1988)
- University of South Carolina, BS, Chemical Engineering, magna cum laude (1986)
Admissions
- South Carolina
- Georgia
Practice Areas
- Cloud Computing, Licensing, & Transactions
- Emerging Companies
- General Counsel Services
- Health IT
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Privacy & Data Management
- Technology
Industries
- S.C. Supreme Court Pro Bono Honor Roll (2019, 2020)
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law (2006–2022)
- The Best Lawyers in America's Lawyer of the Year, Columbia, SC
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2019)
- Securities/Capital Markets Law (2012)
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Corporate/M&A – South Carolina (2004–2022)
- Board of Directors, SC Chamber of Commerce (2017–2021)
- Member of Board of Advisors to EngenuitySC and serves on an entrepreneurship subcommittee
- Member of the Committee of 100 (former board member and chair of international committee), Columbia Chamber of Commerce (former board member), and the South Carolina Economic Developers Association
- Contributor to and supporter of the USC/Columbia Technology Incubator
- Served on a pro bono basis as general counsel to the Palmetto Biotechnology Alliance, FuelCellSouth, and the Software Developers Association of the Midlands
- Graduate of Leadership South Carolina (2005)
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