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1996, J.D., Brigham Young University, cum laude, BYU Law Review
Past President/CEO and in-house counsel Precision Time
Douglas Waddoups is a member of Parr Brown’s business transactions group focusing his practice in the areas of general corporate, mergers and acquisitions, private equity financing, debt financing, securities and public offerings.
Waddoups received his Juris Doctor degree from Brigham Young University Law School, Provo, Utah, April 1996 and a Bachelor of Arts from Brigham Young University in April 1993. While in Law School, he served as a Brigham Young University Law Review Member and published American Vending Services, Inc. v. Morse: The Problem of Defective Incorporation in Utah in the BYU Law Review, Vol. 1995, no. 1.
He began his career with Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom, LLP in Chicago, Illinois from 1996 to 1998 where he represented national and international clients in M&A, securities and cross-border leverage lease transactions. Waddoups worked at Parr Brown from 1998 until 2002 when he left to co-found Precision Time, a specialty watch retailer and repair center with nearly 100 locations nationwide.
During his twelve years at Precision Time, Waddoups served as President/CEO as well as in-house counsel where he led the company through multiple fundraising efforts raising more than $23 million in equity capital and $7 million in debt financing. He grew the company from one store to a peak of 120 stores with oversight of site selection, lease negotiations and store construction. He hired and developed the majority of the company’s executive team and was responsible for leading the rapid response team during the recession of 2008-2009 which involved closing unprofitable stores, eliminating non profitable business channels and implementing significant cost reductions. During this time, Waddoups was named one of Utah’s ’40 Under 40 by Utah Business magazine and one of vSpring Capital’s Top 100 Venture Entrepreneurs.
Mr. Waddoups has been listed in the 2016, 2018-2025 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® for Antitrust Law, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Corporate Law, Intellectual Property Litigation, Securities Regulation and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. He was named Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” for Corporate Law (2021) and Antitrust Law (2017) in Utah. He has also been continuously listed in Utah Business magazine as one of Utah’s Legal Elite in business & corporate law. Mr. Waddoups has been ranked as a top Utah lawyer for corporate law and mergers & acquisitions law 2021 – 2024 by Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
REPRESENTATIVE TRANSACTIONS:
Mergers and Acquistions Representation of numerous (more than 55 transactions taken to close in the last five years) private equity firms and owners in the acquisition or sale of businesses in transactions with transaction values from the low multimillion dollars to well into nine-digits. These transactions have a wide variety of structures and complexity. Representative transactions include:
Equity Financing
Representation of numerous companies, private equity firms and private investors in equity financing. These transactions had a wide variety of complexity from SAFE’s and convertible notes, straight common stock to preferred stock with complicated rights and preferences. Representative transactions include:
Debt Financing
Representation of numerous borrowers in loans from commercial lenders as well as representation of non-commercial lenders in debt financing transactions. Representative transactions include:
