Reich L. Welborn
Reich has worked with physician groups as well as other professional disciplines (including architects and engineers, psychologists) to provide a broad range of legal counselling and advice.
Services
About
Reich regularly represents business owners in mergers, acquisitions, and exit planning, helping clients structure transactions that protect value, manage risk, and support long-term objectives. He also advises physician groups and other professional service organizations—including architects, engineers, psychologists and clinical research organizations—on acquisitions, mergers, recruitment, management and employment contracts, and operational legal matters.
A recognized leader in complex business transactions, Reich represents both buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions and works closely with family-owned and closely held businesses on succession planning, business protection, and transition strategies. In his healthcare practice, he serves physician groups and provider organizations on growth initiatives, employment negotiations, and strategic restructuring. Reich also brings extensive experience in real estate and finance, representing lenders, developers, and tenants in a wide range of transactions. He advises corporate clients on major relocations, including site selection, land acquisition and assembly, contract negotiation, construction matters, and financing.
Reich has been recognized as a North Carolina Top Rated Lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell and has been selected for North Carolina’s Legal Elite, Super Lawyers, and The Best Lawyers in America®. In 2025, Best Lawyers in America® named him “Lawyer of the Year” (Raleigh) for Mergers and Acquisitions Law.
Credentials
Education
- University of North Carolina School of Law: J.D. with Honors (Order of the Coif)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: A.B. in Political Science
Admitted to Practice
- North Carolina
- United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
- Supreme Court of the United States
Professional Memberships & Activities
- American Bar Association Member
- North Carolina Bar Association Member
- Board of Governors, Past Member
- Vice President, Past Officer
- Business Law Section Council, Past Member
- Healthcare and Business Law Sections
- Fourteenth Judicial District Bar and Durham County Bar Association, Past President
- Recognized in Best Lawyers in America (2007-2027) for Business Organizations, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Health Care Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Real Estate Law
- 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” (Raleigh) for Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Recognized by Super Lawyers (2006-2014) for Business & Corporate, Health Care, and Real Estate
- Recognized by Legal Elite (2019)
Representative Transactions
- Represented Seller in sale of distribution business with a valuation of over $80million
- Represented Buyer in acquisition of a distribution business with a valuation of over $20million
- Represented client who merged its software development and services business with a public company, with a transaction value of over $70million
- Represented physician practice groups in connection with the merger/consolidation of several physician practices
- Represented Sellers of multiple commercial properties to REITs and lease-back
- Represented Business owners in transfers of business to either family members or employees upon retirement
- Represented owner/company in establishment of ESOP
- Represented borrowers/clients in commercial real estate and asset-based financings
- Represented and counseled clients in business acquisitions, including asset sales and stock purchase transactions in the following spaces: healthcare, professional service organizations, food and beverage distribution, land development, including hospitality, life sciences, commercial, and mixed-use projects
- Represented client in sale of multi-location large truck dealership
- Represented client in development and sale of large apartment projects
- Represented client in merger of closely held technology business with a public company
- Represented client in merger of multiple healthcare organizations
- Represented clients in sales/mergers with private equity firms
Community Engagement
Former board member
- Family Counseling Services of Durham
- Durham Chapter of American Cancer Society
- Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce
Past President and Board Member
- Durham County Bar Association and 14th Judicial District Bar
Past President
- Durham Jaycees
Past President
- North State Sertoma Club
Past President
- North Carolina Jaycees
Past Vice President
- Board of Family Counseling Service of Durham
Past member
- Advisory Council to the Governor’s Office of Citizen Affairs
Past member
- Board of Trustees, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics