Mr Watson Seaman > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > Richmond, United States > Lawyer Profile
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Offices

RIVERFRONT PLAZA, EAST TOWER
951 EAST BYRD STREET
RICHMOND, VA 23219
VIRGINIA
United States
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Mr Watson Seaman

Work Department
Global Technology, Outsourcing & Privacy
Position
Partner
Career
Watson understands corporate clients’ budgets and need for solid legal solutions that are practical and cost-effective. For more than 30 years, he has advised clients, including Fortune 500 companies, on general corporate, commercial contracting, supply chain, marketing, promotions and sales issues affecting their critical business operations. He frequently handles commercial contracting agreements and counsels and trains business and legal personnel on contracting issues.
Watson has assisted a number of companies in their large-scale corporate reorganizations. From drafting shared service and vendor agreements to providing general corporate advice, Watson has helped companies navigate some of their most complex commercial problems with greater ease.
Memberships
- Admitted to the Virginia State Bar
- Board Member, Richmond SPCA, 2014-2020
- Board Member, Side By Side, 2013-2019; Board President, 2016-2018
- Board Member, Virginia Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program, 2010-present; Board President 2020-2021
Education
- JD, University of Virginia School of Law, 1988
- BA, French, Williams College, 1983
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Miami Elite > International corporate and M&A
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings