Gregory Dole, Esq. is a senior attorney with JWL International, bringing over 27 years of specialized experience in international trade law. His distinguished career spans both public service and private sector leadership. After earning his degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Dole served as a U.S. Navy officer aboard the USS Midway before pursuing his Juris Doctor at Georgetown University Law Center. He began his legal career in government, serving four years as counsel to the senior Republican on the House Appropriations Committee. He was later appointed Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs under President Ronald Reagan, where he played a key role in shaping U.S. aviation and trade policy. Following his government service, Mr. Dole spent 27 years as an international trade attorney with The Boeing Company, the nation’s largest exporter of manufactured goods, where he advised on global trade strategy and regulatory compliance. Mr. Dole’s practice focuses on the following:

He can be reached via email at gd@jwlinternational.com.

Anthony J. Poulos, Esq., is an attorney specializing in corporate and litigation matters. With nearly a decade of experience, he has represented government agencies, corporations, and individuals in high-stakes disputes and complex transactions. A veteran of both the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Army, Mr. Poulos served four years in the U.S. Coast Guard’s intelligence branch, with assignments across Central and South America. He later served in the U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG), in the 3rd Infantry Division, where he prosecuted numerous felony-level cases to verdict and provided strategic legal counsel to military commanders. He currently serves in the U.S. Army Reserve representing officers and soldiers in administrative separation proceedings. Prior to his legal career, he served seven years as a Boston police officer and was a member of the department’s SWAT team. Today, he continues his commitment to public service as General Counsel for The 200 Club of the Coastal Empire, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the families of fallen first responders. Outside of the office, Mr. Poulos enjoys volunteering in the local community, coaching his kids’ youth sports, reading, traveling, and spending time with his wife and two children. He is a member of the Vestry at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. Mr. Poulos holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School, and an MBA from Columbia Southern University. He is admitted to practice law in Georgia and Massachusetts. Anthony can be reached via telephone at 866-582-2586 and via email at ajp@jwlinternational.com.

Conn Flanigan is a seasoned corporate and securities attorney with more than 20 years of experience advising private equity groups, real estate investment companies, and entrepreneurs on complex transactions, capital markets, and corporate governance matters. With deep expertise spanning securities offerings, real estate acquisitions, fund formation, and financing, Mr. Flanigan brings a practical, business-minded approach to legal strategy that supports growth, compliance, and long-term value creation.

Throughout his career, Mr. Flanigan has served in senior in-house roles, including General Counsel to multiple real estate investment trusts (REITs). From 2013 to 2017, he served as Secretary and General Counsel for Global Medical REIT, Inc. (NYSE:GMRE) advising the REIT from its startup, through 18 acquisitions of healthcare facilities worth more than $250 million, and through its IPO on the NYSE in 2016.

More recently, Mr. Flanigan has been advising startups and middle market companies in a wide range of industries. Mr. Flanigan has extensive experience structuring and advising on Reg A, Reg D, Reg CF, and Reg S offerings, private equity investments, joint ventures, and debt facilities. His work routinely involves drafting and negotiating corporate, securities, and commercial agreements while coordinating due diligence.

Known for being a clear communicator and effective problem solver, Mr. Flanigan partners closely with management teams to align legal strategy with business objectives. He is committed to continuous service, operational efficiency, and delivering practical legal solutions that drive successful outcomes.

Areas of Expertise:

Mr. Flanigan’s practice covers Corporate Law and Entity Formation, including governance, structure, corporations, LLCs, joint ventures, funds, and limited partnerships. He advises on securities matters including debt and equity offerings, Reg D 506(b) and 506(c) private offerings, Venture Capital, Reg A, Reg CF, and Reg S offerings, 1934 Act Public Company Reporting, and SEC and NYSE Regulatory Compliance. His transactional work also encompasses Real Estate, Acquisitions, Financing including Lines of Credit, Leasing, and REITs and Delaware Statutory Trusts.

He can be reached via telephone at (866) 582-2586 or via email at crf@jwlinternational.com.

John R. Branson, Esq. is a Senior Attorney with extensive experience representing clients in complex litigation, arbitration, and mediation matters across a wide range of industries and legal disciplines. Throughout his career, Mr. Branson has handled high-stakes disputes involving commercial transactions, corporate governance, intellectual property, securities, healthcare, and construction matters, as well as sensitive investigations involving fraud, public corruption, and regulatory enforcement. Rather than limiting his practice to a narrow specialty, Mr. Branson has developed a broad litigation practice that allows him to effectively represent clients in multifaceted disputes requiring both strategic legal insight and practical business judgment. He has served as lead and co-lead counsel in numerous jury and non-jury trials, including a month-long class-action jury trial that resulted in a multi-million-dollar settlement. Mr. Branson also has significant experience in alternative dispute resolution, having participated in numerous arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), as well as many judicial and non-judicial mediations. In addition, he has handled more than a dozen appellate matters before the Tennessee Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Tennessee, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Mr. Branson’s practice focuses on the following:

Bankruptcy Adversary Proceedings
Class Actions
Commercial and Business Litigation
Complex Family Law Matters
Construction Litigation
Corporate Governance and Shareholder Disputes
Copyright, Trademark, Patent, and Trade Secret Litigation
Fraud and RICO Matters
Healthcare Litigation
Investigations and Regulatory Matters
Libel and Slander
Medical and Legal Malpractice Defense
Personal Injury Litigation (Plaintiff and Defense)
Securities and Banking Disputes
Trust, Estate, and Probate Litigation
Will Contests and Conservatorships

He can be reached via telephone at (866) 582-2586 and via email at jrb@jwlinternational.com.

Michael W. Skarda, Esq. is a Senior Attorney at JWL International with extensive experience advising corporations, investment funds, financial institutions, and private investment managers on complex corporate transactions, securities matters, and regulatory compliance. Over the course of his career, Mr. Skarda has represented clients in a wide range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private investments, capital markets transactions, and the purchase and sale of sophisticated financial instruments. Prior to joining JWL International, Mr. Skarda served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for major investment management organizations overseeing billions of dollars in assets under management, including a multi-billion dollar family investment office and its successor investment advisory firm. In these roles, he directed legal and compliance operations across multiple offices in the United States and internationally, advising investment professionals on transaction structuring, regulatory matters, portfolio securities analysis, and complex financing arrangements. Mr. Skarda began his legal career in private practice with leading national law firms, where he represented Fortune 500 companies, private equity funds, and their portfolio companies in domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and capital markets transactions. His experience includes advising on high-yield debt offerings, syndicated bank loans, private investments, and cross-border transactions involving the United Kingdom, Canada, France, and India. In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Skarda has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Texas Tech University School of Law, where he taught Securities Regulation. Mr. Skarda’s practice focuses on the following:

Corporate Law
Mergers and Acquisitions
Private Equity and Investment Funds
Securities Law and Regulatory Compliance
Capital Markets Transactions
Corporate Governance
Business Entity Formation
Commercial Transactions
Financial Instruments and Structured Finance
Investment Adviser Regulation

Mr. Skarda earned his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Texas Tech University School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and served as Comment Editor of the Texas Tech Law Review. He also earned a Master of Business Administration from Texas Tech University Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Washington and Lee University. Mr. Skarda is admitted to practice law in Texas and New York and is also admitted in New Mexico and California. He can be reached via telephone at (866) 582-2586 and via email at mws@jwlinternational.com.

Corporate Law

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Corporate Law

Core services include:

The following individuals practice in this area:

Gregory Dole

Jason Henderson

Alexandra Ong

James Waite

Anthony Poulos

Conn Flanigan

Areas of Expertise:

John R. Branson

Mike W. Skarda

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