Cole’s practice encompasses a range of business-related legal matters, including entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and contract negotiation. Cole regularly advises clients on legal and tax issues related to choice-of-entity decisions, preparation of operating agreements, commercial contracts and leases and a wide range of other business-related matters.

Cole’s recent experience includes:

• Representing clients in the purchase and sale of a business, including drafting and negotiating asset purchase agreements, equity purchase agreements and related ancillary documents. His experience also includes assisting business owners in the process of selling, buying or redeeming the ownership interests of other owners.
• Representing entrepreneurs and start-ups in matters relating to entity formation, executive and employee/contractor compensation, taxation, and potential exit scenarios. In this context, he has quality experience drafting operating agreements, stockholder agreements, and various other corporate documents.
• Representing both landlords and tenants in the negotiation and preparation of lease agreements.

Cole earned an LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2023. Cole graduated magna cum laude from the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville in 2022. He also served as a teaching assistant for Legal Research and Writing.

Prior to attending law school, Cole earned his B.S.B.A. in Finance with a minor in Accounting from the University of Arkansas, where he graduated cum laude. While in Fayetteville, Cole was a member of the Walton Honors Program in the Sam M. Walton College of Business and the Sigma Chi fraternity.

Cole was born and raised in Conway, Arkansas and graduated from Conway High School. He enjoys spending time in the outdoors, watching the Razorbacks, and spending time with family and friends.