Geoffrey Adams

Geoff Adams has broad experience in structuring and negotiating venture debt transactions. In the past three years, Geoff has led over 125 venture debt transactions involving more than $1.2 billion in the aggregate. Geoff also has wide-ranging experience representing banks and other financial institutions with regard to banking and regulatory matters; representing commercial banks, institutional mezzanine funds and other lending institutions, corporations, not-for-profit entities, and other private parties in a wide variety of commercial loan, mezzanine, acquisition and other finance transactions; and counseling clients with regard to banking, finance, regulatory and corporate law issues.

Geoff is recognized in Chambers USA for Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory, where clients commend him as “very strong and knowledgeable” and “a fantastic partner across multiple platforms and on many deals.” He is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Banking and Finance Law and has previously been honored as Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” in Raleigh for that practice area.

Geoff is head of the firm's Venture Debt & Technology Finance practice and co-leads the Banking & Finance practice.