Randy Eaddy focuses his practice on securities and capital formation transactions, disclosure compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance advice in complex situations. More generally, Mr. Eaddy is a counselor and advisor to executives and directors on myriad legal-related and other strategic decisions for managing their business to produce value for internal and external constituencies.
Mr. Eaddy has been lead counsel in over 250 financing and M&A transactions. He regularly represents public companies in registered public offerings of equity (both IPOs and secondary transactions) and debt securities, venture capital and other private financings, proxy solicitations and contests, and disclosure and overall securities regulatory compliance. He has represented numerous managements, boards of directors, and special committees in varied complex and sensitive corporate governance situations. He also acts as counselor and advisor to select music and film industry participants.
Reflecting his broad range of interests and contributions, Mr. Eaddy received the 1999 Presidential Award from the Association of Social and Behavioral Scientists for services and contributions to the African-American community as an attorney, legal scholar and civic leader, and the 2005 Team Hope Award from the Huntington’s Disease Society of America for Corporate Management and Diversity Leadership. In 2007, he was honored at the 10th Annual Black Achievers in Business and Industry Awards for his work in mentoring.
Mr. Eaddy has been recognized for more than 10 years in The Best Lawyers in America® for Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law and Securities Law. Mr. Eaddy was named a Triad area "Mover & Shaker" by Business Leader magazine. In 2010, he was inducted into Furman University's Political Science Hall of Fame. He has been recognized as a Georgia "Super Lawyer" in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions and Business/Corporate Law in 2009 and in Securities & Corporate Finance in 2009, 2010 and 2011 by SuperLawyers magazine. Mr. Eaddy has also been recognized as a North Carolina “Super Lawyer” in the area of Securities & Corporate Finance in 2012 by North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine. He is AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.*
* CV, BV, and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedure's standards and policies.
Professional & Community Activities
Furman University, Board of Trustees
Winston-Salem State University Foundation, Board of Directors
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Board of Trustees
Arts Council of Winston-Salem, Board of Directors
North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, Board of Directors and Executive Committee
Metropolitan Atlanta United Way, Board of Directors and Executive Committee
Atlanta Board of Education, Special Advisor to the President
American Bar Association, Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession, Member (2002-2005)
Harvard Law Review, Former Editor
