Practice areas
Mergers & Acquisitions
Estate and Tax Planning
Corporate and Securities
Education
University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
(J.D. 2003), graduated with honorsUniversity of Tennessee
(B.S. 1995), FinanceChartered Financial Analyst
(1998)
Bar admissions
Tennessee
Kentucky
Biography
Casey W. Riggs focuses on two primary practice areas: estate planning and corporate/business matters. He assists individuals and families with estate planning, estate administration, and trust matters, including the preparation of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and health care directives. He also provides counsel on tax matters, asset protection, and serves as legal advisor to executors, trustees, and individual beneficiaries.
In the corporate realm, Casey supports business clients in a variety of transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, venture capital, and private debt and equity financings. He advises on entity formation, corporate structuring, and develops incentive and equity compensation plans. His expertise extends to guiding buyers and sellers through all stages of the acquisition process across industries including technology, real estate, and financial services, from initial planning to post-closing integration.
Casey also works with startup businesses to establish a robust legal framework from the outset, offering advice on entity selection, organizational documents, and essential contracts. Additionally, he designs and implements creative compensation strategies to help clients attract and retain key personnel.
Representative Transactions
Mergers & Acquisitions
Closed an acquisition of a division of a public company in the technology space for approximately $13 million.
Closed acquisition of a staffing business by a strategic buyer valued at approximately $3M, including earnout.
Served as co-counsel on acquisition of a software company operating out of India for cash and stock consideration.
Closed an acquisition by a private fund of a medical technology company through a cash-out merger.
Closed an acquisition of a commercial furniture dealer and installer through a merger transaction.
Closed an asset sale to a strategic buyer valued at approximately $20M (depending on post-closing earn-out results and other contingent consideration).
Closed an asset sale to a publicly traded, strategic buyer valued at up to $10M (depending on post-closing earn-out results and other contingent consideration).
Closed an asset sale of a transportation and logistics company to a private equity buyer valued at approximately $9.5M.
Closed the sale of a division of a family-owned business to a strategic buyer for approximately $2 million.
Closed the sale of a retail business operating 46 locations to a strategic buyer.
Closed the equity sale of an entity operating an employee assistance program to a strategic buyer for approximately $2.5 million.
Corporate and Securities
Represented a financial services company in implementing a wide variety of key employee compensation plans, including short-term and long-term bonus plans, change in control bonus plans tied to equity value, and profits interests plans.
Represented a product reseller in developing a key executive employment agreement, unit appreciation rights plan, and short-term bonus plan.
Implemented an incentive units/profits interest plan for a technology company.
Represented a financial services company in a $200M capital raise through the issuance of debt through a special purpose entity.
Represented a financial services company in an $8M capital raise through the issuance of preferred limited liability company interests.
Represented a company in a $10M “swing line” from private investors.
Represented a staffing company in a $10M capital raise through the issuance of Class A-2 limited liability company interests.
Represented a technology company in a $3M Series A-2 financing from two financial services firms and existing Series A-1 investors.
Represented a technology company in seed rounds, a Series A round that raised $5.5 million, and a Series B round that raised $17M.
Represented several startup companies within and outside the technology sector in early-stage rounds of equity raises, including by issuance of convertible notes and preferred equity.
Estate and Tax Planning
Represented many wealthy families with taxable estates in excess of the estate tax exclusion amount with estate planning consisting of Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Healthcare Directives, and Irrevocable SLAT and similar trusts to minimize potential estate taxes.
Represented numerous owners of closely held businesses in estate planning designed to transition the business to future generations and minimize estate taxes.
Represented trust companies in various trust matters, including the modification of trusts and having trust accounts judicially approved.
Represented clients in modifying irrevocable trusts through nonjudicial settlement, decanting, and other modification agreements.
Assisted numerous executors with the estate administration process.