Fred D. Hutchison

Fred works with a variety of companies, from startups and university spinouts to publicly held companies, in a wide range of industries but with particular emphasis on the biotech, pharmaceutical, medical device, healthcare services, software and advanced materials industries. Fred’s practice is focused on corporate, venture capital, securities and mergers and acquisitions. He regularly counsels clients not only on their legal needs, but also on the business issues involved in starting and growing companies.

Prior to founding Hutchison in 1996, Fred was a partner at Petree Stockton & Robinson (now Kilpatrick Stockton) and Moore & Van Allen. Fred spent five years practicing in the municipal finance, securities, banking and bank regulatory areas with Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C.

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Recognition, Affiliations & Memberships

  • 2013 Leading Individual, ​Chambers and Partners​
  • Founding President, Council for Entrepreneurial Development
  • Former Chairman, Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
  • Former Chairman, Business Innovation Technology Advancement Center
  • Founding Chairman, The Sports Council in Raleigh
  • Former Chairman, Triangle Community Foundation
  • Former Director, North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association
  • Former Co-Chairman, Entrepreneurial Advisory Committee for the Catalyst Project
  • Co-Chair of the Sponsorship Committee, 2009 BIO Conference
  • Director, Former Chairman of the Board of Directors, First Flight Venture Center
  • Director, Former Chairman of the Board of Directors, NC IDEA
  • Member, LawExchange International
  • Board of Directors, North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association
  • North Carolina Super Lawyers, recognized annually since 2006
  • Best Lawyers in America, recognized annually since 2001
  • Entrebizneur of the Year, Business Leader Magazine, 2007
  • Order of the Long Leaf Pine, 2006
  • University of Virginia Tech Transfer & Ventures Advisory Group, 2009

Education 

  • J.D., University of Virginia, 1975
  • B.S., Business Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1971

Admissions

  • North Carolina
  • District of Columbia
  • Geomagic

    Acquisition of assets from Sensable Technology Inc.

  • Aldagen, Inc.

    Sale of assets to Cytomedix, Inc.

  • Affinergy

    Sale of Assets to Act 2

  • Covis Pharma S.a.r.l.

    Acquisition of approved products from GlaxoSmithKline

  • Geomagic

    Sale of dental business to Glidewell Laboratories

  • Yap, Inc.

    Sale of company to Fortune 100 Company

  • BioMimetix Pharmaceutical, Inc.

    Sale of stock to Omni Bio

  • InnerPulse, Inc.

    Sale of assets

  • Associated Partners

    Acquisition of PEG Wireless

  • RadarFind

    Sale of Company

  • Aldagen

    Sale of Convertible Notes and Warrants

  • Applied Genetic Technologies

    Preferred Stock Financing

  • Relativity Technologies

    Sale to MicroFocus

  • Yap

    Preferred Stock Financing

  • Aldagen

    Preferred Stock Financing

  • Cognio

    Sale to Cisco Systems

  • Serenex

    Preferred Stock Financing

  • Merrion Pharmaceuticals

    Initial Public Offering (Ireland)

  • Innerpulse

    Preferred Stock Financing

  • Cognio

    OEM License Agreement with Leading Provider of Networking Hardware and Software

  • Integrated Industrial Information

    Sale of Assets to Adobe Systems Incorporated

  • Sicel Technologies

    Preferred Stock Financing

  • Icagen

    Initial Public Offering