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J. Norfleet Pruden, III

Partner
+1.704.331.7442
Fax +1..704.353.3142

Mr. Pruden is a partner in the Charlotte office with broad and extensive experience in many areas of business law, and in recent years has focused his practice on mergers and acquisitions, securities, private equity, and general corporate representation. He also serves as special counsel to independent committees, individual directors and minority shareholders in connection with corporate change-in-control transactions and internal investigations.

Mr. Pruden is active in bar leadership and other professional matters, and served as President of the North Carolina Bar Association in 2002-2003.

Achievements

  • Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities Law, 2001-2011
  • "North Carolina Super Lawyers," Business/Corporate Law, 2006-2011
  • "Legal Elite Hall of Fame," Business North Carolina Magazine, Business Law, 2003-2011
  • Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, Corporate/M&A, 2004-2011

Professional/Civic Activities

  • American Bar Foundation, Fellow   
  • North Carolina Bar Association, President, 2002-2003; Board of Governors, 1993-1996; Business Law Section, Chair 1991-1993; Leadership Academy, Chair, 2010-Present
  • Special Committee on Diversity, Mecklenburg County Bar, 2003-2011National Conference of Bar Presidents, Member   
  • Southern Conference of Bar Presidents, Member   
  • Chief Justice's Commission on the Future of the North Carolina Business Court   
  • Chief Justice's Advisory Committee on Political Activity of Judges   
  • Christ Episcopal Church, Senior Warden, 2002; Chair, Rector Search Committee, 2004-2006
  • UNC-Chapel Hill Friends of the Library Board of Directors, Chairman, 2008-2010
  • North Caroliniana Society, Member

Speaking Engagements

  • “How to Keep the Deal You Think You’ve Negotiated,” Association of Corporate Counsel, Charlotte Chapter, September 2011
  • "Boards of Directors and Advisors for Closely Held Businesses” (Panelist), Presidents Forum of Charlotte, December 2010
  • “Directors’ Duties under Federal Securities Laws,” presentation to public company board members, May 2010
  • "Conflicts of Interest 101 for the Business Lawyer," North Carolina Bar Association Basics of Business Law Program, May 2010
  • "Internal Corporate Investigations: Legal, Practical and Ethical Issues," CLE presentation with John H. Culver, III to Association of Corporate Counsel, Charlotte Chapter, October 21, 2008
  • "Ethics Issues for In-House and Outside Corporate Lawyers," Panelist, The 2008 Dan K. Moore Program in Ethics, UNC School of Law, October 2008
  • "Will You Take This Case? Conflicts of Interest 101," North Carolina Bar Association, 2008
  • "Fiduciary Duties of Joint Venturers: Recent Developments, Trends and Issues," Fluor LawCon, 2007
  • "Selected Ethics Topics: Case Studies," CLE presentation, January 2007
  • "Ethics Topics for In-House Counsel," CLE presentations, 2005-2006
  • "Being a Corporate Director in the 21st Century: The New Paradigms," Private Equity & Mezzanine Finance Conference, November 2005
  • "Regulation of Lawyers under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act," Mecklenburg County Bar CLE Program, January 2005
  • "Recent Developments in Confidentiality Rules and Attorney-Client Communications and Attorney-Client Work Product Doctrine," CLE presentation with Kiran Mehta, January 2005
  • "Judicial Elections and the Judicial Campaign Reform Act," Mecklenburg County Bar and N.C. Center for Voter Education, panelist, October 2004
  • "New Developments in the Attorney-Client Privilege," presentation, UNC School of Law, October 2004
  • "Negotiating the Business Transaction," CLE presentation, September 2004
  • "Recipe for the Effective Lawyer," North Carolina Bar Association, February 2004
  • Selected Ethics Topics for the Business Lawyer,” CLE International Seminar, 2002
  • "Proactive Measures to Avoid Insider Trading Problems," Mecklenburg County Bar CLE Seminar, 1999
  • "Creation, Organization and Dissolution of North Carolina Corporations," Wake Forest University Business Law CLE Seminars, 1990-1998
  • Represented global provider of design, measurement and visualization technologies in $2.2 billion acquisition of U.S.-based technology company
  • Represented a publicly traded professional staffing company in a $431 million exchange offer by which it was acquired for cash and stock by a NYSE-listed company.
  • Represented a manufacturer in the home furnishings industry in connection with its initial public offering, follow-on secondary offering, various acquisitions of related or complementary businesses, and sale to a private equity group in a going private transaction valued at approximately $111 million.   
  • Represented a public textile company in connection with a tender offer for all its outstanding shares.   
  • Represented a Special Committee of the Board of Directors of a corporation owning and operating a major speedway with its contested acquisition by another motorsports company.   
  • Represented a resort real estate developer in connection with its acquisition of the corporation owning the land surrounding The Homestead resort.   
  • Represented a major hardware distributor and its principal owner, a private equity fund, in connection with its sale to a strategic buyer.   
  • Represented a Carolinas-based forest products company in connection with its acquisition by a Canadian public company in a transaction valued at $205 million.