Overview
Cowden’s practice also includes drafting and updating corporate governance documents for public and private companies, commercial contracts, and acquisition agreements.
Cowden has represented a variety of companies in complex mergers and acquisitions, including Fortune 150 corporations and private equity firms. He also advises clients on international commercial transactions and joint ventures.
Representative Experience
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Assisted regional manufacturing company in strategic corporate reorganization to separate and streamline business units
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Represented client in $66.5 million strategic acquisition of new business line
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Assist various startup clients in initial formation and early business planning
- Represented client in the formation of a Mexican manufacturing joint venture with a Japanese counterparty
- Represented private equity clients in initial platform investments and tack on acquisitions involving complex regulatory compliance and earn out obligations
- Represented client in purchase and subsequent sale of joint venture investment in Brazilian technology company
- Represented client in negotiation of commercial contracts with various Brazilian, Canadian, Middle Eastern, Russian, and Swedish counterparties
- Represented technology innovation client in sale of startup company to international private equity investment firm
- Represented client in strategic $435 million acquisition of downstream business segment competitor
- Represented manufacturing client in $130 million acquisition of regional competitor
- Represented client in $48 million purchase of US and Mexican manufacturing operations
- Represented publicly traded client in issuance of $1.75 billion in corporate debt
- Represented client during $400 million corporate debt issuance
- Represents clients on industry-specific roll-up acquisitions
Notable
Notable
- Legal 500 US, M&A: Middle-Market, 2024
- Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law "Ones to Watch," 2021-2025
- North Carolina Super Lawyers "Rising Star", Mergers & Acquisitions, 2023-2024
- Business North Carolina Legal Elite "Young Guns," 2022, 2024
- Community Building Initiative’s Leaders Under 40 – Class 10, 2020-2021
- UNC School of Law Gressman-Pollitt Oral Advocacy Award, 2012
- At-Large Representative, Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Commission
- Chair, Moore & Van Allen YP Committee
- Charlotte Latin School Alumni Governing Board, 2014-2017
- Lissa L. Broome Center for Banking and Finance Scholarship, 2013-2015
- Kappa Alpha Order Educational Foundation Scholarship, 2012
- National Huguenot Society Scholarship, 2012
- Davidson College, William H. Terry Scholar
News
News
Affiliations
Affiliations
- Center for Banking and Finance Board of Advisors
- North Carolina Bar Association
Capabilities
Education
J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2014, with Honors; Institute Editor, North Carolina Banking Journal; Holderness Moot Court, J. Braxton Craven Bench, Client Counseling Team
B.A., Classics, Davidson College, 2011, cum laude
Admissions
- North Carolina, 2014
- U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina, 2014