Evans "Buddy" King concentrates his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, banking, workouts, and commercial litigation. Mr. King's experience includes serving as lead counsel in numerous mergers and acquisitions and commercial lending transactions. He serves as General Counsel to the firm, as well as on several of its major committees.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- Represents the owner and publisher of 40 daily newspapers and numerous other publications in 11 states, including representation in the acquisition of approximately half of the company’s publications, (most recently, a multi-million dollar acquisition of the controlling interest in the joint operating agreement for Fort Wayne Newspapers)
- Represents numerous banks, including Fortune 500 corporations, in lending transactions and workouts
- Represents the majority owner of a Major League Baseball franchise in various aspects of the ownership interest
- Represented the purchaser in a multi-million dollar merger transaction in which the client acquired the number one rated mountain resort in the mid-Atlantic region and Pennsylvania’s largest ski and four-season resort
- Represented a major ski resort in the purchase of the assets of a state park ski area and the negotiation of a lease agreement with the state to allow the park to reopen a ski area in Pennsylvania
- Represented the sellers of a federal government contracting business in a high eight-figure merger transaction
- Represented the shareholders of a regional department store chain in a sale to a major national department store chain
AREAS OF CONCENTRATION
- Mergers & acquisitions
- Banking and workouts
- Real estate
- Natural resources
- Libel
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1980 Steptoe & Johnson
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Past Member, Committee on Uniform Commercial Code, West Virginia State Bar
- Past President, Harrison County Bar Association
INDUSTRY/ CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS
- Board of Directors, Medbrook Children’s Charity
- Member and Past President, Board of Directors, Sacred Heart Children’s Center
- Past Chairman, Board of Directors, Clarksburg Mission, Inc.
- Past Chairman, Board of Directors, Harrison County Chamber of Commerce
- Past President, Clarksburg Kiwanis
AWARDS / HONORS
- Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
- The Best Lawyers in America®
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Managing Editor, William & Mary Law Review
- Order of the Coif
PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Mr. King has been a featured speaker at West Virginia CLE seminars concerning bankruptcy and banking matters, as well as numerous industry seminars presented to clients.