Practice Areas
Bar Admissions
North Carolina
California (Inactive)
Education
Duke University, J.D., 2018; Articles Editor, Law and Contemporary Problems
University of Southern Mississippi, B.S.B.A., magna cum laude, 2015
Profile
Zach Lankford is a corporate lawyer whose practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, equity investments and other general corporate matters. He regularly represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in acquisitions and dispositions and represents public and private companies in connection with purchases and sales of businesses across a wide range of industries, such as information technology and software, consumer products and retail, construction, financial institutions, insurance and industrials.
Prior to joining Robinson Bradshaw, Zach practiced in the corporate groups of McGuireWoods LLP in Charlotte and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Los Angeles.
Experience
Experience
Represented a private equity firm in its sale of a leading information technology and software development company.
Represented a publicly traded software company in its acquisition of a complementary AI-integrated software platform.
Represented an industrial automation systems integrator in multiple add-on acquisitions.
Represented an independent sponsor in its acquisition of a tech-enabled education company.
Represented a growth equity fund in its investment in a procurement advisory services 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 a financial technology company in its Series A fundraising round.
News & Events
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
