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Gregory S. Weiner

Greg practices in the areas of corporate and business law. He frequently advises clients on business formation; financing; buying and selling; mergers and acquisitions; business disputes; and business transitioning.

Greg represents emerging and established businesses, buyers and investors, primarily in the technology and health care industries, such as software and IT companies, urgent care facilities, home healthcare businesses, assisted living and nursing homes and physician and other healthcare practice groups.

He assists business owners with the full life cycle of their business beginning with formation of the proper business entity, including the creation of operating agreements, partnership agreements and shareholders’ agreements to avoid unpleasant, disruptive and expensive litigation in the event of a dispute among partners. He provides advice and guidance on financing options such as commercial and private lending, venture capital and angel investments, private equity lending and private placement offerings.  In the event of a planned or distressed sale of a business, Greg assists with letters of intent, non-disclosure agreements, drafting and negotiation of purchase and sales contracts, the often complex due diligence process (by offering a formalized and non-duplicative approach in assisting the business owner with information gathering and response so owners can continue to operate the business with minimal disruption), and then guides the sale through to closing.  Greg’s ability to get to closing smoothly and efficiently and in a manner that pleases all parties has resulted in Greg obtaining numerous clients who have been on the “opposite side” of the closing table. In those cases where business partners reach a point where there is no other answer but to dissolve the business relationship, Greg works aggressively to untangle and dissolve an often complicated business relationship. Greg can assist with the business transition to family or partners or the buy-in to the business by a valued employee or management team and regularly advises his clients on proactive measures to take to ensure smooth transitions.

Greg also advises clients on how to structure transactions in a tax efficient manner.  He is well versed in state and federal tax laws as they relate to business transactions, joint ventures, operating agreements, partnerships, LLCs and corporations and is able to provide high level tax research, advice and planning to clients.

Prior to practicing law Greg was an entrepreneur, co-founding and operating a computer technology company and an internet e-commerce company.

Education

  • University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland, J.D., magna cum laude, May 1998
  • University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware B.S., June 1989; Major: Physical Therapy

Greg is currently in his second of three years towards his LLM in Taxation at Georgetown University Law Center.

Bar Admissions

  • Maryland, 1998
  • District of Columbia, 2008

Bar Associations

  • Maryland State Bar Association
  • District of Columbia Bar Association

Community Involvement

  • Esophageal Cancer Action Network, Pro Bono Counsel
  • NSW Kids, Pro Bono Counsel
  • The Little Things for Cancer, Pro Bono General Counsel

Awards

  • AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Baltimore SmartCEO Legal Elite 2010, 2011, 2012
  • SmartCEO, Power Players Award, 2014

Published Articles

  • Blowing the Whistle: Application of the False Claims Act in Outpatient Medicine, 2 Advance for Directors in Rehabilitation, 11(2001)
  • The OIG’s Quest for Fraud: The OIG Six State Review of Outpatient Rehabilitation, 7 Advance for Directors in Rehabilitation, 11 (2000)
  • The Federal Bark and Bite: The Federal Anti-kickback Statute and its Application in Rehabilitation, 4 Advance for Directors in Rehabilitation, 9 (2000)
  • Reverse Engineering as a Method of Achieving Compatibility in the Computer Industry, 6 U. BALT. INTELL. PROP. L. J., I (1997).

Representative Transactions

  • Acquisition and selling of nursing homes in Maryland and in Pennsylvania;
  • Acquisition and selling of home health care companies, outpatient medical and allied health care practices including medical, podiatry, dentistry, physical and speech therapy practices;
  • Represent ExpressCare Urgent Care centers in its mergers and acquisitions, commercial financing, vendor and employee contracting matters, leasing and general corporate matters;
  • Private placements representing the issuer in the following industries:  real estate development, craft beer and spirits, software and technology;
  • Representation of technology companies in their financing, development and  operation of holding companies and licensing;
  • A $60 million merger of 44 oil and gas limited partnerships with and into a single-member entity involving the redemption of approximately 10,000 investors (and drafting of the accompanying proxy statement);
  • An intelligence community contractor’s acquisition by a larger defense contractor;
  • A $110 million syndication of limited partnership interests for an oil and gas producer;
  • A defense contractor’s acquisition of an intelligence community contractor;
  • Private capital raising through convertible debt for an Internet-services company;
  • A B2B technology company in private equity investment deals, the creation of its SaS (software-as-service) “click-wrap” licensing agreements and its incentive-compensation-based employment agreements;
  • A medical research and technology company in its licensing and services agreement negotiations with a large medical and education institution;
  • Corporate, partnership, and personal tax matters (including 501 (c) (3) corporations);
  • Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (“HSR”) compliance.

AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell

Gregory S. Weiner

Member
gweiner@pklaw.com
(410) 339-5785
(410) 832-5632
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Practice Areas:

Corporate and Real Estate Business Dispute Resolution Healthcare Facilities Buying, Selling, Transitioning, Growing Your Healthcare Practice Intellectual Property Worker Misclassification and Wage and Hour Law Tax

Assistant:

Tracy Klima