Barton focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and organization and capital formation. He frequently advises clients with respect to M&A transactions, equity offerings, convertible debt and other securities, and also counsels public and private companies, private equity firms, investors, start-up companies, and entrepreneurs in general business matters. As a member of the firm’s Medical Marijuana Task Force, Barton is at the forefront of medical cannabis regulation in Alabama.
Overview
Barton focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and organization and capital formation. He frequently advises clients with respect to M&A transactions, equity offerings, convertible debt and other securities, and also counsels public and private companies, private equity firms, investors, start-up companies, and entrepreneurs in general business matters. As a member of the firm’s Medical Marijuana Task Force, Barton is at the forefront of medical cannabis regulation in Alabama.
About
Barton has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America® as “One to Watch” in both Corporate Governance and Compliance and Mergers and Acquisitions. He is a member of the Business Law Section and the Young Lawyers Section of the Alabama State Bar Association. He is also a member of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association.
He holds a B.A. in History from the University of Alabama and obtained his J.D. from the University of North Carolina. He is admitted to practice in Alabama.
Distinctions
- Best Lawyers in America®
- Ones to Watch, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, 2021-2023
- Ones to Watch, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2021-2023
- Birmingham Business Journal
- NextGen: Law, 2022
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 2015
Education
- University of North Carolina, J.D., cum laude, 2015
- Executive Comments Editor, North Carolina Law Review
- University of Alabama, B.A., History, summa cum laude, 2012
- Phi Beta Kappa
Associations
- Alabama State Bar
- Business Law Section
- Young Lawyers Section
- American Bar Association
- Business Law Section
- University of North Carolina
- Young Alumni Leadership Council
- Regional Alumni Representative
Papers, Presentations & Publications
- Interviewed, "Navigating an uncertain landscape in Alabama's medical cannabis industry," Birmingham Business Journal, September 14, 2022.
- Co-Author, “Welcome to the (Regulatory) Jungle: Tax and Securities Law Considerations in Private Inbound Structures,” Tax Notes International, June 3, 2019.
- Author, “Where Gutenberg Meets Guns: The Liberator, 3-D-Printed Weapons, and the First Amendment,” 92 N.C. L. Rev. 1393 (2014).
- Author, “A License to Kill? Working to Understand Texas Penal Code Section 9.42 and Deadly Force in Defense of Property,” 93 N.C. L. Rev. Addendum 69 (2014).