Michael Weisel

About Michael Weisel

Michael Weisel concentrates his legal practice in campaign finance and election law, as well as corporate business law, including non-profit IRC 501(c)(3),(4),(5),(6) and 527 corporate formations, governance, financial operation, and compliance.Specialties: corporate finance, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, commercial real estate, venture capital, banking, business and corporate law, government relations, administrative and regulatory law, campaign finance and election law, securities arbitration, investment management, turnarounds, crisis management, lobbying, real estate private equity, real estate investment, real estate development, real estate finance, investment management, portfolio management, asset management, politics

Experience

1. Managing Member

   The Capital Law Group

   Jul 2016 — Present · Raleigh-Durham, NC, US

   Practice concentration in government relations, election and campaign finance law, securities arbitration, franchise, corporate finance, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, commercial real estate, venture capital, administrative and regulatory law.• Advocacy, campaign finance and election law, including Leadership and SuperPACs, nonprofit Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) charities,(c)(4) advocacy groups,(c)(5) labor unions,(c)(6) trade associations, and 527 political committees, corporate formation, operation, and compliance.• Represent clients before the North Carolina General Assembly and Executive Branch, U. S. Congress, state and federal agencies in legislative, business and administrative matters.• Peer selected as a \'Best Lawyer in America\' for both Corporate Governance and Corporate Compliance Law.• Peer selected as a \'Legal Elite\' for Business Law in Business North Carolina magazine.• Peer Review rated \"AV\" by Martindale-Hubbell.• Listed in Who\'s Who in American Law since 2006.

Education

• Ward Melville High School

  High School Honors Diploma

  1971 — 1974

• Guilford College

  B.S., Business Management and History

  1974 — 1977

• Duke University

  (ABD) Ph.D., Business History

  2002 — 2011

• Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law

  J.D., Law

  1977 — 1980

• North Carolina State University

  M.A., History

  1999 — 2003

Skills

• Mediation
• Real Estate
• Politics
• Government
• Nonprofits
• Joint Ventures
• Corporate Finance
• Campaign Finance
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Political Campaigns
• Crisis Management
• Asset Management
• Legal Research
• Legislation
• Non-Profits
• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Law
• Due Diligence
• Real Estate Development
• Mergers
• Election Law
• Courts
• Legislative Relations
• Elections
• Venture Capital
• Securities
• Private Equity
• Licensing
• Arbitration
• Litigation
• Lobbying
• Administrative Law
• Commercial Real Estate
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Political Consulting
• Constiutional Law
• Employment Law