Charlotte Counsel Brandon Boykin was featured in Law360, as the publication reviewed several of the most significant North Carolina case outcomes from the second half of 2025, including a record-breaking wrongful death settlement, a high-profile antitrust resolution involving HCA Healthcare, and a closely watched Business Court dispute involving a renewable energy developer and its lenders.

Focusing on the latter, BioGas Corp. v. NC Biogas Dev. LLC, Brandon explained that BioGas Corp. faced substantial financial and reputational risk if the case had gone to trial. An adverse ruling, he said, would have “branded it as a company that defaults on loans and violates injunctions,” adding that such a result would have diminished the company’s negotiating power in future deals.

Brandon also addressed the lenders’ perspective, noting that settling allowed NC Biogas Development to preserve its contractual protections while still recovering on its investment. He explained that resolution enabled the lender to avoid “foreclosing the project and writing it off,” while maintaining its step-in rights under the financing agreements.

Placing the dispute in a broader business litigation context, Brandon emphasized that the case underscores the importance of “creating airtight contracts with developers with well-defined default strategies,” particularly in capital-intensive projects. While enforcing those rights carried risk, he noted that it ultimately “came with an enormous payoff.”

Together with the other cases highlighted in Law360’s year-end review, the dispute illustrates how high-stakes litigation, strategic settlements, and carefully structured agreements shaped North Carolina’s legal landscape in 2025, with Brandon’s commentary offering insight into how business court outcomes can influence future deal-making and risk management.