Stephen C. Brissette

Stephen C. Brissette is a Raleigh attorney who focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate transactions, financings, restructurings, and related tax and compensation matters. He represents middle-market and lower-middle-market equity sponsors, portfolio companies, financial institutions, and strategic companies. His practice includes leveraged acquisitions, control and non-control investments, debt financings, and employment arrangements for key management and employees. Clients rely on his guidance in transactions that require careful planning, practical judgment, and coordinated business advice.

Stephen earned a B.A. and a J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also received an LL.M. in taxation from Boston University. His education provides a strong foundation for work involving corporate transactions, tax issues, acquisition structures, and financing arrangements. This background supports his ability to help clients evaluate risk, structure deals, and address the legal and business issues that arise in complex transactions.

Stephen has closed several billion dollars’ worth of acquisitions, investments, financings, and sales for equity sponsors, financial institutions, and strategic companies. His representative work includes acquisitions and sales of local television and radio stations, healthcare information businesses, physician practices, dental practices, financial advisory firms, outdoor advertising businesses, vocational schools, and software companies. He has also represented clients in financings, reorganizations, restructurings, and a fintech joint venture involving public companies.

Stephen C. Brissette has been listed among The Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. He is active in the American Bar Association and the North Carolina Bar Association, including sections focused on business, communications, and tax law. His work reflects a strong understanding of transactional strategy, industry-specific issues, and practical deal execution for clients pursuing growth, investment, restructuring, or sale opportunities.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
• Member, North Carolina Bar Association, Business Law Section
• Member, American Bar Association, Business Law Section

Licensed State

• North Carolina

Education

• Boston University
  Master of Laws (LLM)
• University of North Carolina
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of North Carolina
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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