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Hugh B. Wellons

Of Counsel | Chair, Community Banking Group

Roanoke, VA

office 540.512.1809

mobile 540.588.7357

Overview

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Mr. Wellons’s primary areas of practice are corporate law, banking and finance law, securities, and biotechnology law. He also chairs the community banking practice group.

Education

Duke University, B.A., 1978
Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, M.B.A., 1979
Washington & Lee University, J.D., 1987

Experience

Counseling a large variety of businesses, including large public companies, small closely-held businesses and financial institutions
Advising clients on matters such as corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, securities and regulatory compliance, and biotechnology
Handling mergers and acquisitions, securities filings, regulatory compliance and corporate governance issues for community banks in Virginia, North Carolina and West Virginia
Serving as lead counsel on approximately 10 initial public offerings, 5 secondary public offerings, 20 acquisitions by larger companies and 10 private offerings
Serving as lead counsel on approximately 15 financial institution mergers
Serving as lead counsel on regulated industry transactions, including transactions in energy and financial sectors
Preparing Hart-Scott-Rodino filings and other anti-trust filings for the Department of Justice

Banking & Finance Law Commercial Lending Community Banking Corporate & Business Law Mergers & Acquisitions Securities Tax Credits Technology

Distinctions

Named to the "Leaders in the Law" list by Virginia Lawyers Weekly, 2021
Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® as "Lawyer of the Year" 2012 and 2016 in Roanoke, Va. in Banking and Finance Law
Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® as “Lawyer of the Year” 2014 and 2017 in Roanoke, Va. in Financial Services Regulation Law
Nominated by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® in the areas of Banking and Finance Law, Biotechnology Law, Financial Services Regulation Law and Securities/Capital Markets Law
JD Supra Readers' Choice Top Author, Life Sciences, 2022

Admissions

Virginia State Bar

Memberships

Virginia Bar Association
Virginia State Bar
American Bar Association Section of Science and Technology, past chair
American Bar Association Section of Science and Technology, Life Science Division, immediate past chair
American Bar Association Committee on Biotechnology, past chair
Frequent lecturer on corporate matters, including corporate governance, securities law, strategic transactions, business formation, exit strategies, venture capital and other funding concerns, and biotechnology

Publications & Presentations

Editor, ABA book, Biotechnology and the Law, Second Edition
Senior editor and author of ABA book, Biotechnology and the Law: A Primer

Promissory Notes - Banking & Finance Insights, Volume 3, Issue 2, 2023 Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 4, Issue 1, 2023 Decoded - Technology Law Insights, Issue 24, 2022 Promissory Notes - Banking & Finance Insights, Volume 2, Issue 12 2022 Decoded - Technology Law Insights, Issue 23, 2022 Promissory Notes - Banking & Finance Insights, Volume 2, Issue 11 2022 Decoded - Technology Law Insights, Issue 22, 2022 Decoded - Technology Law Insights, Volume 3, Issue 18 Promissory Notes - Banking & Finance Insights, Volume 2, Issue 8 Numerous Spilman Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers, Lawyers of the Year, Ones to Watch 2023 Biotech Startup Gets $10M in Funding

Experience

Counseling a large variety of businesses, including large public companies, small closely-held businesses and financial institutions

Advising clients on matters such as corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, securities and regulatory compliance, and biotechnology

Handling mergers and acquisitions, securities filings, regulatory compliance and corporate governance issues for community banks in Virginia, North Carolina and West Virginia

Serving as lead counsel on approximately 10 initial public offerings, 5 secondary public offerings, 20 acquisitions by larger companies and 10 private offerings

Serving as lead counsel on approximately 15 financial institution mergers

Serving as lead counsel on regulated industry transactions, including transactions in energy and financial sectors

Preparing Hart-Scott-Rodino filings and other anti-trust filings for the Department of Justice

Distinctions

Named to the "Leaders in the Law" list by Virginia Lawyers Weekly, 2021

Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® as "Lawyer of the Year" 2012 and 2016 in Roanoke, Va. in Banking and Finance Law

Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® as “Lawyer of the Year” 2014 and 2017 in Roanoke, Va. in Financial Services Regulation Law

Nominated by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® in the areas of Banking and Finance Law, Biotechnology Law, Financial Services Regulation Law and Securities/Capital Markets Law

JD Supra Readers' Choice Top Author, Life Sciences, 2022

Memberships

Virginia Bar Association

Virginia State Bar

American Bar Association Section of Science and Technology, past chair

American Bar Association Section of Science and Technology, Life Science Division, immediate past chair

American Bar Association Committee on Biotechnology, past chair

Frequent lecturer on corporate matters, including corporate governance, securities law, strategic transactions, business formation, exit strategies, venture capital and other funding concerns, and biotechnology

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