Represented Enpro Inc. in a cash tender offer to acquire in-the-money convertible debentures and Rule 144A and Regulation S exempted offering of senior notes.

Represented Pyxus International Inc. in its simultaneous Rule 144A and Regulation S sales of high yield notes and contingent convertible subordinated notes and cash tender offer for publicly traded notes.

Represented Australian issuer, Boart Longyear Ltd., in its Rule 144A and Regulation S sale of unsecured and secured high yield notes.

Represented Goodrich Corp. in a Rule 144A exchange offers to replace outstanding public debt with debt securities of later maturity.

Represented Duke Energy Corp. in numerous registered offerings of unsecured investment grade debt securities and certain of its utility subsidiaries in registered offerings of secured investment grade debt securities.

Represented Duke Energy Corp. in the establishment and registration of its variable denomination floating rate demand notes continuous offering program marketed as PremierNotes®.

Represented Goodrich Corp. in its spinoff of Enpro Inc.

Represented Martin Marietta Materials Inc. in its initial public offering.

Represented Park Meridian Bank, The Scottish Bank and Park Sterling Bank in their organization and initial capitalization.

Represented United Dominion Industries Ltd. in the commencement of simultaneous tender offers for the equity and public debt of Core Industries Inc. and Imo Industries Inc., two unrelated NYSE-listed companies, pursuant to negotiated merger agreements.

Represented Raycom Media Inc. in its acquisition of The Liberty Corp.

Represented Penske Motorsports Inc. in its contested acquisition of North Carolina Motor Speedway Inc.

Represented United Dominion Industries Ltd. in its acquisition by SPX Technologies Inc.

Represented TSB Financial Corp. in its acquisition in a stock merger by SCBT Financial Corp.

Served as North Carolina counsel in numerous merger and acquisition transactions involving North Carolina corporations, including the acquisition by First Union Corp. of Wachovia Corp. and the acquisition of Wachovia Corp. by Wells Fargo & Co.