Will Pugh

About Will Pugh

I am a Nashville-based business lawyer. My practice spans commercial real estate, mergers and acquisitions, and general outside counsel work. I have been recognized by Best Lawyers as a \"One to Watch\" in Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Commercial Litigation. As a real estate attorney, I have represented buyers and sellers of commercial property on transactions as large as including industrial, office, and multi-family properties and new developments. I also regularly represent landlords and tenants on commercial leases in office, retail, and industrial segments. As a commercial attorney, I work with Nashville-based lenders on construction loans, permanent financing and refinancing, business loans, and acquisition financing. Example representation includes representing a purchaser in permanent financing for a office building, representing a lender as local counsel for a industrial portfolio loan, and regularly representing lenders for real property loans between $2M -$15M. As a mergers and acquisitions and corporate attorney, I represent buyers and sellers in private M&A transactions and joint ventures-particularly in transactions that have a real estate component. Example representation includes representing developers on joint venture agreements in mixed-used developments, restaurant ventures, and industrial projects as well as representing buyers and sellers in M&A transactions ranging from sub-$1M to I have helped clients buy and sell a broad range of companies including manufacturers, distributors, service providers, e-commerce companies, food distributors, and contractors. I also regularly serve as general outside counsel for small business owners in entity formation, software licensing agreements, incentive compensation plans, and non-disclosure agreements. In this regard, I currently represent e-commerce distributors, software companies, contractors, and consultants.After law school, I clerked for the Honorable Vice Chancellor Joseph R. Slights on the Delaware Court of Chancery, where I gained experience working on some of the largest corporate disputes in the world. Before attending law school, I was the Director of Strategy at atlasRFIDstore.com, an eCommerce company in Birmingham, Alabama. I am a 2019 graduate of Vanderbilt Law School. While there, I served on the Vanderbilt Law Review, Graduated Order of the Coif, and maintained the highest GPA in my law school class through two years of law school.

Experience

1. Real Estate and Corporate Attorney

   Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison

   Jun 2020 — Present · Nashville, TN, US

   I strive to provide prompt and practical resolutions to my clients\' legal issues. As a Nashville-based business lawyer, my practice spans commercial real estate, mergers and acquisitions, and general outside counsel work. As a real estate attorney, I have represented buyers and sellers of commercial property on transactions as large as including industrial, office, and multi-family properties and new developments. I also regularly represent landlords and tenants on commercial leases in office, retail, and industrial segments. As a commercial attorney, I work with Nashville-based lenders on construction loans, permanent financing and refinancing, business loans, and acquisition financing. Example representation includes representing a purchaser in permanent financing for a office building, representing a lender as local counsel for a industrial portfolio loan, and regularly representing lenders for real property loans between $2M -$15M. As a mergers and acquisitions and corporate attorney, I represent buyers and sellers in private M&A transactions and joint ventures-particularly in transactions that have a real estate component. Example representation includes representing developers on joint venture agreements in mixed-used developments, restaurant ventures, and industrial projects as well as representing buyers and sellers in M&A transactions ranging from sub-$1M to I have helped clients buy and sell a broad range of companies including manufacturers, distributors, service providers, e-commerce companies, food distributors, and contractors. I also regularly serve as general outside counsel for small business owners in entity formation, software licensing agreements, incentive compensation plans, and non-disclosure agreements. In this regard, I currently represent e-commerce distributors, software companies, contractors, and consultants.

Education

• Wheaton College

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Major: Business & Economics, Minor: Spanish

  2010 — 2014

• Vanderbilt University Law School

  Doctor of Law (J.D.)

  2016

• Universidad de Salamanca

  Spanish Language Intensive Study, Cursos internacionales

  2013 — 2013