Gregory C. "Greg" Yadley 25YEARSAWARDED

Gregory C. "Greg" Yadley

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Awarded Practice Areas
Banking and Finance Law Corporate Compliance Law Corporate Law Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law Securities / Capital Markets Law Securities Regulation
Gregory C. "Greg" Yadley
Gregory C. "Greg" Yadley
Tampa, FL
Works at
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP

104 Best Lawyers awards

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Biography

Working across a broad range of industries of all sizes, Greg has represented a variety of business entities, including closely held and family businesses, large and small public companies, and nonprofit entities throughout his over 40 years of practice. He has extensive experience in securities matters, including advising clients on initial public offerings and ongoing disclosure obligations.

Greg has represented clients in complex transactions, including:

  • Securities regulation and corporate governance
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Financing transactions
  • Contract negotiations and dispute resolutions
  • Strategic planning
  • Legal compliance and internal investigations
  • General corporate matters

Greg enjoys engaging with and teaching other lawyers and law students and has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law and as a member of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee. He is a principal contributor to The Florida Bar Corporate Practice Manual and the Chair of the annual Federal Securities Institute. Greg also served as the Chair of the American Bar Association’s Middle Market and Small Business Committee and The Florida Bar's Business Law Section.

Works at
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP

104 Best Lawyers awards

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP logo

Locations

Languages

  • French

Education

  • Dartmouth College, graduated 1972

Bar Admissions

  • Florida, The Florida Bar, 1975
  • District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar

Affiliations

  • American Bar Association: Middle Market and Small Business Committee, Business Law Section, Task Force on Private Placement Brokers (past Co-Chair); Subcommittee on Small Business Issuers of the Federal Regulation of Securities Committee - Past Chair
  • Securities and Exchange Commission, Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Businesses - Member
  • Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin - Board of Directors
  • Tampa Yacht and Country Club - Past Treasurer and Board of Directors
  • University Club of Tampa - Past President and Board of Directors
  • Dartmouth College Alumni Council - Past Council member
  • Dartmouth Club of Tampa, Inc. - Board of Directors, past President
  • Leadership Tampa Alumni of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce - Member and past Chair
  • Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture and the Arts, Inc., Board of Directors, Executive Committee - Past Chair
  • Visit Tampa Bay, Advisory Board - Past Chair
  • The Florida Orchestra - Chair, Board of Directors and Executive Committee
  • The Florida Bar, Member, Executive Committee and Chair – Long Range Planning Committee - Executive Council, Past Chair – Business Law Section
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee - Member and Secretary
  • American Bar Association - Chairman, Middle Market and Small Busienss Committee
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - Member, Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies
  • University of Florida Levin College of Law - Adjunct Professor

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Mergers and Acquisitions Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Corporate Compliance Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2021 - Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2020 - Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Corporate Compliance Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2018 - Mergers and Acquisitions Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2017 - Corporate Compliance Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2016 - Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2015 - Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2014 - Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2013 - Securities / Capital Markets Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2012 - Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tampa (2024)
  • Corporate Compliance Law, Tampa (2023)
  • Corporate Law, Tampa (2021)
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Tampa (2020)
  • Corporate Compliance Law, Tampa (2019)
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tampa (2018)
  • Corporate Compliance Law, Tampa (2017)
  • Corporate Law, Tampa (2016)
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Tampa (2015)
  • Corporate Law, Tampa (2014)
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law, Tampa (2013)
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Tampa (2012)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2027 for work in:
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Corporate Compliance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Securities Regulation
Awards:
  • Top 100 Super Lawyer, State of Florida
  • Dartmouth College Alumni Achievement Award
  • Tampa Cultural Contributor of the Year
  • Berkeley Preparatory School, Alumni Achievement Award
  • Parke Wright Leadership Award, Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce

Case History

Transactions
  • Representative Matters
  • $530 million acquisition of a global manufacturing company headquartered in Italy
  • $253 million underwritten public equity offering on behalf of the issuer
  • Sale of the largest craft brewery in Florida on behalf of the owners
  • Sale of a privately held health care company and, following the sale, numerous acquisition transactions by the company on behalf of the new private equity owner
  • Representation of the executive management team of one of the largest providers of sales, benefits administration, and other technology solutions to the insurance and managed care industries in the sale of the company to a global, Asia-based purchaser

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