John Babcock

Practice Areas

Corporate and Tax Law

Career

John Babcock has over 30 years of experience in corporate and tax law matters, mergers and acquisitions and general business transactions.

John represents clients regarding all aspects of entity formation, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and commercial business transactions.

John graduated from the University of Michigan-Dearborn in 1982, with distinction, with a bachelor of science in administration. He received his J.D. in 1985 from Wake Forest University, where he graduated magna cum laude, and an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University in 1987.

John serves as an adjunct professor of law at Wake Forest University Law School, where he has taught courses in business planning, partnership taxation, and corporate taxation. He is also the current Chair of the North Carolina Business Law Section’s Subcommittee on LLC’s, Partnerships and Unincorporated Entities.

John has also been recognized for numerous honors, including:

• By Legal Elite®, as rated by Business North Carolina magazine, for many years and as:

- Legal Elite® Top Rated Lawyer for Business Law, 2018

- Legal Elite® Hall of Fame, 2019

• By Best Lawyers in America® for many years and as:

- Best Lawyers®, Lawyer of the Year, Corporate Law, 2010, 2016

- Best Lawyers®, Lawyer of the Year, Mergers and Acquisitions, 2017, 2019, 2021

- Best Lawyers®, Lawyer of the Year, Business Organizations (Including LLC’s and Partnerships), 2022

• By Super Lawyers® for many years

Professional Memberships

- American Bar Association, Member, Business Law Section

- American Bar Association, Member, LLC’s, Partnerships and Unincorporated Entities Subcommittee

Publications

-“Texas Two Step Bankruptcies (Canon 7),” Plaintiffs Asbestos Litigation Seminar (PALS), May 10, 2023, Las Vegas, NV

Personal

- Current Member - Board of Directors for Lawyers Mutual Liability Insurance Company

- Volunteer - served on Local Board of Managers for the William G. White YMCA

- Executive Vice-President - North Carolina Youth Soccer Association, 2012-2015

- Officer, Board Member, Coach - Twin City Youth Soccer Association; North Carolina Challenge Girls Coach of the Year, 2010

Expert in these Jurisdictions

- North Carolina, 1986

Education