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P. Christopher Wegner is the founding and managing 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.
Mr. Wegner earned his Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from Florida Gulf Coast University, his juris doctorate, cum laude, from Stetson University College of Law and his LL.M. from New York University School of Law.
Private equity funds and investors from the U.S. and Europe have come to rely on Chris’s ability to bring value to businesses and often turn to Chris to see to the legal needs of portfolio companies across the country. These investors repeatedly turn to Chris because of his proven ability to solve a wide range of problems and knack for discovering areas for improvement or opportunity that most attorneys miss.
As a result of the reputation Chris earned working with investors and investments in the area, Naples Accelerator, the collier county based public-private partnership tasked with cultivating local startups and attracting companies from around the globe to Naples and Immokalee recognized Chris’s unique legal skill set and approachable manner as an asset to many of the small and midsized businesses in the area. In early 2017, the Naples Accelerator even engaged him to provide essential legal services to these growing companies.
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 not only oversaw the very intricate tax law issues but also created a new type of security that allowed the acquirer to monetize their intellectual property and complete the merger without turning to debt or other sources of money.
Another group of clients that frequently take advantage of Chris’s services is smaller physician’s offices in Naples and Bonita where Chris is able to advise doctors on the business, tax and healthcare law issues that these offices face. Not only does his tax law background put Chris is a unique position to understand and apply healthcare law (the tax code and healthcare regulations are surprisingly similar), but having grown up around the Naples healthcare industry, he is able to understand the issues and opportunities confronting local doctors like very few other attorneys can.
Chris is a native of Naples, Florida, where he attended Seacrest Country Day School and Naples High School before going to Eckerd College on a tennis scholarship (he would later transfer to Florida Gulf Coast to finish his undergraduate degree). Between college and law school, Chris worked as an accountant and business consultant for his father’s accounting firm off of Tamiami Trail.
While in college, Chris co-founded a small technology company that eventually went public and was sold over the counter on the NASDAQ. 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 experienced 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.
| Peter Christopher Wegner: | Member at The Wegner Law, PLLC |
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3510 Kraft Road Suite 200 Naples, FL 34105 |
| Website: | https://www.wegnerlawfirm.com |
| Phone: | 239-449-9200 |
| Fax: | 239-785-3990 |
| Offices: |
Wegner Law, PLLC
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I assist small businesses and start-up companies on a variety of business law issues from formation to exit strategy. When working with business clients I focus on creating new opportunities not simply solving problems. I am able to bring both real world business experience and a valuable legal skill set to help my clients.
In addition to reviewing, revising and drafting all forms of legal agreements, I work with clients to help them get the most from their relationships.
I have formed closely held and public companies and am familiar with all of the issues involving incorporation and advise clients of both legal and practical aspects of business ventures.
I advise individuals and business on tax consequences of routine and extraordinary events. I work mainly for independent physicians, private equity funds and other progressional services firms (i,e. Law and accounting firms without tax lawyers in their south Florida offices).
| Association name | Position name | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Bar | Member | N/A |
| American Bar Association | Member | N/A |
| Florida Bar | Member | 2006 - 1900 |
| American Bar Association | Member | 2006 - 1900 |
| Florida Bar | Member | N/A |
| American Bar Association | Member | N/A |
| Florida Bar, Tax Section | Member | N/A |
| Collier County Bar Association | Member | N/A |
| Florida Bar, Tax Section | Member | N/A |
| Collier County Bar Association | Member | N/A |
| Florida Bar, Tax Section | Member | 2009 - 1900 |
| Collier County Bar Association | Member | 2009 - 1900 |
| GAIN | Member | 2010 - 2010 |
| Leadership Collier Alumni Foundation | Member, Steering Committee | 2011 - 1900 |
| Leadership Collier Alumni Foundation | Member, Steering Committee | N/A |
| Leadership Collier Alumni Foundation | Member, Steering Committee | N/A |
| Award name | Grantor | Date granted |
|---|---|---|
| Who's Who in Executives and Services Fields, Legal | Cambrigde Registry | 2012 |
| National Dean's List | Stetson University College of Law | 2006 |
| Member Phi Delta Phi | Stetson University College of Law | 2006 |
| Member Honors' Program | Stetson University College of Law | 2005 |
| School name | Degree | Graduated |
|---|---|---|
| Stetson University College of Law | JD - Juris Doctor | 2006 |
| Stetson University College of Law | JD - Juris Doctor | 2006 |
| New York University School of Law | LL.M - Master of Laws | 2009 |
| New York University School of Law | LL.M - Master of Laws | 2009 |
| Case name | Outcome |
|---|---|
| Capital Raise | Closed in less than a month with $2.5 million in new investments. |
| Confidential | Client found not to be custodian or liable for penalty. |
| IRS Audit requesting 13 years of records | Victory for tax payer |
| Motion for dismissal and attorneys fees | Victory for client and attorney's fees awarded |
| New York State Non-Resident Audit | Victory for client |
| State | Number | Status | Acquired | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | 37896 | Member in Good Standing | 2007 | 04/25/2019 |
| Publication name | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Member News Flyer | Impact of Section 199A on Naples startups and small businesses | 2017 |
| Akerman LLP Client Updates | SEC Highlights Priorities and Reminds Private Funds that the AMU is Enforcing Rules on Anniversary | 2015 |
| Wegner tax notes | Defective trusts are effective estate tax planning and asset protection tools | 2011 |
| Various | A Physicians Guide to Electronic Healthcare Records Incentives and "Stage I" Meaningful Use | 2011 |
| Wegner Client Updates | Florida asset protection: life for single member LLCs after Olmstead | 2011 |
| Wegner 3 Update 1 (May 2012) | IRA, LLC | 2011 |
| Stetson Law Review | Finance & Taxation: Quietwater Entertainment, Inc. v. Escambia County | 2007 |
| Conference name | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Member Brown Bag Lunch | Business Formation | 2015 |
| National panel on Healthcare Reform | Healthcare reform | 2012 |
| Self-directed IRAs | I.R.A., LLCs | 2011 |
| Physicians round table | Ethics considerations for primary care physicians in non-physician led ACOs | 2010 |
| Physicians round table | The ACO X Factor: Independent Physicians. According to the physicians group demonstration project, the ACO with the largest percentage of independent physicians will gain the most from MSPS | 2010 |
| Physicians round table | Tax issues for independent physicians | 2010 |
| EHR Seminar | EHR incentives and meaningful use | 2010 |
| Title | Company name | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Chief Operating Officer | Atlantic Synergy, Inc. | 2001 - 2004 |
| Chief Operating Officer | Atlantic Synergy, Inc. | 2001 - 2004 |
| Staff attorney for the honorable Mark Pizzo | The Federal District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 2007 - 2007 |
| Staff attorney for the honorable Mark Pizzo | The Federal District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 2007 - 2007 |
| Attorney | Akerman Senterfiit | 2014 - 2015 |
| Managing Member | Wegner Law, PLLC | 2014 - 2015 |
| Managing Attorney | Wegner Law, PLLC | N/A |
| Managing Attorney | Wegner Law, PLLC | 2016 - 1900 |
| Managing Attorney | Wegner Law, PLLC | N/A |
