S Gregory Cope

Practice Areas

Greg’s principal areas of practice are capital markets, securities law, and mergers and acquisitions. He has a particular focus on representing real estate investment trusts (REITs). He advises REITs in all stages of their life cycles: initial capitalization and formation, debt and equity offerings, corporate governance, securities law issues and reporting obligations, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and activist investor defense. He also represents underwriters in public and private offerings.

In addition to REITs, he has advised clients in a number of different industries, including specialty finance, financial services, industrial and healthcare companies.

Career

Legal 500 U.S., Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, 2017; Real Estate: REITs, 2008, 2009, 2017-2020

Selected to the Virginia Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2009 and 2013

Selected as a Decision Maker, Richmond Times-Dispatch (BH Media Group, Inc.), September 2008

Personal

University of Tennessee College of Law, J.D. cum laude, 1998 (Tennessee Law Review)

Vanderbilt University, B.E., Civil and Environmental Engineering magna cum laude, 1995