Member
PRACTICE AREAS
General Corporate | Pass-Through Entities | Taxation | Mergers and Acquisitions
Stacey Brady counsels clients on variety of transactional, corporate and commercial matters, including, private equity, venture capital, entity formation, organization, and dissolution, mergers and acquisitions, stock and asset sales, and general corporate matters, with a focus on tax issues as they relate to the foregoing.
She has extensive experience negotiating and preparing operating agreements for complex limited liability company structures and joint ventures. She works with clients on private placements of both equity and debt securities, executive and incentive compensation matters, including equity-based plans and deferred compensation, formulating tax efficient structures for entity formations, acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations, and restructurings, and like-kind exchange transactions.
She serves as outside general counsel to companies of various sizes and in a variety of industries. Her clients, for example, include private equity funds, startups, and mature businesses in a variety of industries including, real estate, technology, manufacturing, and sales.
Clemson University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1995
The Clemson University Honors Program, senior departmental honors
University of North Carolina, J.D., with honors, 1998
North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation
North Carolina Bar Association Tax Section: Co-Chair CLE Planning Committee, former Co-Chair Membership Committee, former Co-Chair Tax Court Liaison Committee.
Member of planning committee for the UNC School of Law J. Nelson Young Tax Institute (2017-present)
Member of the North Carolina Bar Association committee responsible for 2014 revisions to the North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act
Piedmont Classic Guitar Society former Board Member
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Environmental Stewardship Commission, former Chair
Volunteer coaching and non-profit board service
The Best Lawyers in America, corporate, tax, 2025
Chambers USA Guide, Up & Coming, tax, 2024
Business North Carolina, Legal Elite, business, 2023
Business North Carolina, Legal Elite, tax/estate planning, 2016
Drafting LLC and Other Unincorporated Association Contract, Wake Forest University School of Law Contract Law Seminar, 2005
Tenant in Common Interests and Like Kind Exchanges, Like Kind Real Estate Exchanges in North Carolina (Lorman seminar), 2004
Tax Considerations for Choice of Entity, National Business Institute (NBI) seminar, 2002