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Overview

Zach Lankford is a corporate lawyer who advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, equity investments and general corporate matters. He represents financial sponsors and public and private companies in strategic transactions across a wide range of industries, including IT and software, consumer products and retail, construction, financial institutions, and industrials.

Before joining Robinson Bradshaw, Zach practiced in the corporate groups of McGuireWoods LLP in Charlotte and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Los Angeles.

Experience

  • Represented a private equity firm in its sale of an IT and software development company.
  • Represented a leading diversified industrials company in multiple add-on acquisitions.
  • Represented a Nasdaq-traded software company in its acquisition of a complementary AI-integrated software platform.
  • Represented a private equity-backed multiregional roofing contractor platform in its formation and multiple acquisitions.
  • Represented an independent sponsor in its acquisition of a tech-enabled education company.
  • Represented a Nasdaq-traded provider of AI solutions for professional services in its acquisition of a real estate-focused software company.
  • Represented a growth equity fund in its investment in a professional services company.
  • Represented a leading open payments platform in its acquisition of a fraud prevention company.
  • Represented a global leader in food services in its corporate venture capital investments in a grocery-ordering automation company and a ghost-kitchen robotics company.
  • Represented the leading e-commerce direct-to-consumer provider of trees and shrubs in an add-on acquisition.
  • Represented a financial technology company in its Series A fundraising round.

Affiliations

Community Affiliations

  • Duke Law Charlotte, Board Member
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Carolinas, Mentor
  • Charlotte Legal Initiative to Mobilize Businesses Inc. (CLIMB), Volunteer

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Education

Duke University, J.D., 2018; Articles Editor, Law and Contemporary Problems

University of Southern Mississippi, B.S.B.A., magna cum laude, 2015

Bar Admissions

  • North Carolina
  • California (Inactive)
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