Christopher Wegner
Naples small to mid-sized business attorney
P. Christopher Wegner is an entrepreneur and the founding attorney at Wegner Law PLLC. He is one of the only attorneys in Southwest Florida with significant experience in sophisticated business and tax law matters and is recognized as one of the leading innovators in bringing that experience to small and midsized businesses who cannot always afford to engage larger law firms in South Florida.
In addition to the general business and corporate law services he provides to emerging and established companies in Southwest Florida, Chris works with multi-national corporations on difficult domestic and international tax issues including, multi-million dollar mergers and acquisitions as well as transfer price exams and other bet-the-company IRS audits. Chris has also served as lead counsel on a $100 million merger involving parties in seven countries across North and South America after other lawyers were unable to bring the sides together. In this capacity, Chris created a new type of security that allowed the acquirer to monetize their intellectual property and complete the merger without turning a substantial cash payment.
While in college, Chris co-founded a small technology company that eventually went public (OTC:BB). This experience gives him the rather unique ability to see problems and possibilities through the eyes of the business owner or entrepreneur, as well as through those of an attorney.?
Between his time at Stetson and New York University, Chris played semi-pro tennis (emphasis on the semi) where he went 1-26. If asked to describe this time of his life, Chris will proudly say that he lost to the people who lost to the people that you see on television. Today, Chris still enjoys playing tennis, working out the Greater Naples YMCA and spending time with his Labrador retriever: Caleigh.
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Tax Law
- Business Taxes, Criminal Tax Litigation, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, International Taxes, Payroll Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Planning
- Intellectual Property
- Securities Law
- Health Care Law
- Agricultural Law
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Landlord Tenant
- Evictions, Housing Discrimination, Landlord Rights, Rent Control, Tenants' Rights
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
-
Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Offer extremely flexible hourly, fixed and subscription (monthly retainer) payment plans.
- Florida
-
- English: Spoken, Written
- Associate Attorney
- Akerman LLC
- -
- Corporate and tax associate for AmLaw 150 firm in their Naples office.
- Staff Attorney
- Federal District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- -
- Asked to serve on emergency basis to fill in for permanent staff attorney on maternity leave.
- New York University School of Law
- LL.M. (2009) | Taxation
- -
-
- Stetson University College of Law
- J.D. (2006) | Legal Studies
- -
- Honors: cum laude, deans list, national honor society, senior associate Stetson Law Review, top five (5) percent of graduating class and member Phi Beta Kappa.
- Activities: Law Review
-
- Florida Gulf Coast University
- B.B.A. (2002) | Computer Science
- -
-
- G.A.I.N.
- Chamber of Commerece
- Florida Bar Association # 37896
- Member
- - Current
-
- SEC Highlights Priorities and Reminds Private Funds that the AMU is Enforcing Rules on Anniversary
- Akerman LLP
- Defective trusts are effective estate tax planning and asset protection tools
- Wegner Law PL
- Finance & Taxation: Quietwater Entertainment, Inc. v. Escambia County
- Stetson University College of Law
- Healthcare reform, Naples
- Naples Medical Association
- Member Brown Bag Lunch, Naples
- Naples Business Accelerator
- The ACO X Factor: Independent Physicians., Physicians round table, Naples
- Naples Physicians
- Ethics considerations for primary care physicians in non-physician led ACOs, Physicians round table, Naples
- Naples Medical Association
- I.R.A., LLCs, Self Directed IRAs, Ft. Myers
- Midland IRA
