Adams and Reese is pleased to announce that Will Umbach has been appointed Partner in Charge of the firm’s Columbia office. Adams and Reese has a Partner in Charge in each of its offices throughout the southern United States and Washington, D.C.
Umbach is a leading member of the Adams and Reese Middle Market Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. With clients ranging in size from individuals navigating local markets to Fortune 100 companies with more than $1 billion in annual revenue, Umbach advises businesses of all types and stages on a full range of legal matters, including mergers and acquisitions, tax, entity formation and governance, corporate divisions, recapitalizations and other restructurings, private securities offerings, commercial transactions, and commercial lending.
Umbach has been recognized by clients and peers for his Corporate/M&A practice in Chambers USA, South Carolina Rising Stars, and “Legal Elite of the Midlands” by Columbia Business Monthly.
He is an active member of the taxation sections for both the American Bar Association and South Carolina Bar and previously served as a Council Member of the South Carolina Bar, Tax Law Section.
Umbach received his LL.M. from New York University School of Law; his J.D. from University of South Carolina School of Law; and his B.A. from Duke University.