Douglas S. Byrum

dbyrum
@lewis-kappes.com

Practice Areas

Business & Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions; Real Estate, Land Use & Zoning; Labor & Employment

Background

Doug Byrum has extensive business law and real estate experience. In particular, he has been involved in over three hundred (300) business and real estate transactions in over seventeen (17) years of practicing law. He has negotiated and drafted documents in deal sizes ranging from tens of thousands to tens of millions of dollars. With his background in finance, Doug understands the valuations and financing of the transactions in which he is involved and can help all parties understand the economics as well as the legal side of every deal. Doug has participated in nationally recognized seminars and has spoken on various business and transaction matters including, but not limited to, counseling small-to-medium size businesses and negotiating, structuring and drafting transaction agreements.

Doug and his wife, Amy, and their three (3) sons reside in Zionsville, Indiana. Upon graduation from law school, Doug began his legal career as an in-house counsel for an institutional healthcare company located in Indianapolis. In 1996, he joined a small, well-respected business law and estate planning firm on the northeast side of Indianapolis where he helped build that firm's business and real estate practice especially in the area of transactional work. In 2004, Doug took advantage of an opportunity to start his own firm in the village of Zionsville to better and more cost-effectively serve his individual and business clients. On September 1, 2011, Doug merged his practice with Lewis & Kappes, P.C. to afford his clients the ability to utilize the network of the highly skilled attorneys at a large, full-service law firm while maintaining a local presence and cost-effective approach to legal representation.

Education

• Hillsdale College, BA., cum laude, 1991
• Valparaiso University School of Law, J.D., 1994
• Butler University College of Business, M.B.A. (Finance concentration), summa cum laude, 2003

Bar Admissions

Indiana, 1995; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 1995; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, 1995

Law Firm or Corporate Legal Experience

Lewis & Kappes, P.C. (2011 to present); Byrum Law (2004-2011); Hall Griffin, P.C. (1996-2004); Corinthian Healthcare, Inc. (1994-1996)

Areas of Experience

• Business Law including, but not limited to:
  • Entity Organization and Formation (Partnerships, LLCs and Corporations)
  • Shareholder and Member Agreements
  • Transactional Work (Mergers & Acquisitions)
  • Corporate Finance
  • Private Placements
  • Business Succession Planning
• Real Estate Law including, but not limited to:
  • Real Estate Leases, Purchases and Sales (Residential and Commercial)
  • Real Estate Development and Financing
  • 1031 (Like-Kind) Exchanges
• Employment Law including, but not limited to:
  • Employment and Consulting Agreements
  • Sales Representative Agreements
  • Confidentiality and Non-Compete Agreements
  • Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Arrangements
  • Employee Incentive Plans
• Contract Law including, but not limited to:
  • Licensing Agreements
  • Distributor and Dealer Agreements
  • Settlement and Release Agreements

Affiliations

Indiana State Bar Association (ISBA); Business Law section of the ISBA; Probate, Trust and Real Property section of the ISBA; Indianapolis Bar Association; Zionsville Chamber of Commerce; Indianapolis Economic Club; Board Member, Central Indiana Youth for Christ, Inc.; Member, Zionsville Fellowship Church; Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Indianapolis; Past Alumni Advisor, Alpha Tau Omega, Beta Kappa Chapter