Eddie Lumpkin works with a broad range of for-profit and non-profit organizations, from start-up ventures to public companies, on a wide variety of matters, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, franchising and licensing arrangements and general corporate, regulatory and securities matters. He has represented numerous clients in a variety of industries in connection with formation, capital-raising and operational matters and has considerable experience negotiating mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures involving both private and public companies. He also has significant experience in franchise law, representing both franchisors and franchisees in connection with Franchise Disclosure Documents, franchise agreements and the acquisition and sale of franchises.
Education
Education
Washington and Lee University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1995)
Lead Articles Editor, Washington and Lee Law Review
Duke University (A.B., 1992)
Bar Admissions
Bar Admissions
Virginia
Representative Experience
Representative Experience
Represented sellers and purchasers of businesses, including a gasket and fluid sealing manufacturer in the sale of its assets to a foreign publicly traded company, the seller of multiple franchised pizza shop locations, and the buyer of a workforce development and training program business.
Represented companies in private equity transactions, including a $105 million sale of stock by a behavioral managed health care company and a $5 million sale of stock by the creator of patented small boat motion-control products.
Advised a public authority and a public institution of higher education in the formation of non-profit supporting organization affiliates.
Represented a national non-profit provider of debt management services in state and federal regulatory matters, a developer of desktop database publishing software in licensing matters, and a regional delicatessen franchisor in franchise matters.
Professional Associations and Memberships
Professional Associations and Memberships
American Bar Association
Business Law Section
Forum on Franchising
Virginia State Bar
Business Law Section
Virginia Bar Association
Business Law Section
Corporate Counsel Section, Council, 2010-2013
The Bar Association of the City of Richmond
Business Law Section, Executive Committee, 2017-present
Honors and Awards
Honors and Awards
Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Law, 2025
Virginia Business magazine's Legal Elite 2018-2024 for Business Law