Miller & Martin’s Mergers & Acquisition and Private Equity attorneys are experienced in all areas of business transactions including acquisitions and divestitures of public and private companies, joint ventures, structuring debt and equity investments, public offerings and going from a public to a private company.
Clients benefit from our significant experience in business combinations across a diverse range of industries and public and private companies. Our skilled team advises clients from the initial planning and the structuring of transactions to the closing of those transactions. We assist in the preparation and negotiation of transaction documents and facilitate all aspect of transaction closings. We also address the ancillary considerations that go along with the deal, including financing agreements, license agreements, supply and manufacturing agreements, consulting and non-competition agreements and employee issues ranging from health insurance to retirement plans. Group members work with strategic and financial buyers, venture capital funds, lenders and accountants that can be valuable to the completion of a successful transaction.
Selected Experience
- Represented a privately-owned total facility management services company in the sale of its business to a privately-held security services company.
- Represented a publicly listed Australian company in its $50 million acquisition of a U.S. based pharmaceutical brand and related assets, including a corresponding U.S. private equity offering and Australian public equity offering.
- Represented a recognized leader in home warranty, home inspection services and commercial inspections in its acquisition by a leading provider of title insurance, technology and transaction services to the real estate and mortgage industries.
- Represented a publicly listed Australian pharmaceutical company in the refinancing of $125 million of its debt.
- Represented a publicly listed Australian pharmaceutical company in an agreement with a U.S.-based pharmaceutical company to invest $2.5 million in return for additional common stock.
- Represented a publicly listed Australian company in its $120 million acquisition of a U.S. based pharmaceutical business, including a corresponding U.S. private equity offering and debt financing.
- Represented majority stockholder in sale of controlling interest in Industrial Magnetics, Inc.
- Represented shareholders in sale of stock of Republic Parking System, Inc.
- Represented a Texas retail electric provider in securing a novel supply and credit facility allowing it to become the first electric provider to offer truly pre-paid services using smartgrid technology.
- Represented a publicly-held consumer products company in a sale to an international pharmaceutical company through a tender offer and second step merger with a transaction value for shareholders of $1.9 billion and total transaction value of approximately $2.3 billion.
- Recently completed, for a major corporation, both domestic and international acquisitions valued in excess of $3 billion.
- Represented a consumer products company in separate transactions relating to the purchase of product lines for $40 million, $170 million and $95 million, and the sale of its specialty chemicals division for $25 million and the sale of product lines for $12 million and $160 million.
- Handled the sale of a publicly held major fast food chain valued at $145 million.
- Handled an acquisition of a French manufacturing company with revenues in excess of $200 million and represented the company in the stock for stock acquisition of the company by another international company valued in excess of $400 million.
- Represented a venture capital firm in the acquisition of ownership interests in a large portfolio of companies, including companies in the business of manufacturing sports surfaces, furniture and textiles products, among others.
- Represented purchasers and sellers of beer wholesalers for considerations ranging from $6 million to over $200 million.
- Handled a $60 million merger between a publicly held software company that develops and markets worldwide business intelligence software and another publicly held company.
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- 6 Miller & Martin Attorneys Named 2021 Georgia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
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- Corporate Attorney Hugh Sharber Profiled in Hamilton County Herald
- Miller & Martin Practices and Attorneys Earn Top Rankings in 2020 Chambers USA®
- Miller & Martin Welcomes Stephen E. Kabakoff to its Intellectual Property Group
- 8 Miller & Martin Attorneys Named 2020 Georgia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- Miller & Martin Welcomes Joseph Helm to the Corporate Department
- Miller & Martin Ranked Among Top 50 Atlanta Law Firms by Atlanta Business Chronicle
- Attorney April Holland Elected as Member of Miller & Martin Law Firm
- 15 Miller & Martin Attorneys Named to 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
- Miller & Martin Earns 2 National & 43 Regional Rankings in "Best Law Firms" 2020 Edition
- 50 Miller & Martin Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2020 Edition
- Miller & Martin Represents Home Health Care of East Tennessee in its Combination with Adoration Health
- Joe DeLisle Presented at the 2019 Spring Semi-Annual World Law Group Conference
- Miller & Martin Practices, Attorneys Recognized in 2019 Chambers USA®
- Attorneys Fullerton and Savage Join Miller & Martin in Chattanooga
- 7 Miller & Martin Attorneys Named 2019 Georgia Super Lawyers
- Attorneys Archibald, Dumitru, Madison Elected as Members of Miller & Martin Law Firm
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- Miller & Martin Represents All Metals Holding, LLC in Sale to Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
- 18 Miller & Martin Attorneys Selected to 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
- Miller & Martin Earns 2 National & 41 Regional Rankings in "Best Law Firms" 2019 Edition
- Miller & Martin Adds John David Lind as Corporate Associate
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- Miller & Martin Practices, Attorneys Recognized in 2018 Chambers USA®
- Miller & Martin Represents Georgia Heritage Bank in the Sale of Its Business to LGE Community Credit Union
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- Miller & Martin Adds Tom Schramkowski to the Atlanta office
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- 56 Miller & Martin Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2018 Edition
- Miller & Martin Practices, Attorneys Recognized in 2017 Chambers USA®
- Miller & Martin Represents PlayCore in Acquisition of Sport Surface Specialties
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- Elkins and Shepard Admitted as Members of the Firm
- Miller & Martin represents American Trust Bank of East Tennessee in an Agreement to Merge with Citizens Bank
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- Miller & Martin Represents Playcore in the Acquisition of Freenotes Harmony Park
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- Miller & Martin Represents Alex C. Fergusson, LLC in the Acquisition of Thonhauser GmbH
- Miller & Martin Represents Prime Window Systems, LLC in the Purchase of Atrium Corporation's Western Division of Window and Door Facilities
- Nelson Honored as Fellow of the Chattanooga Bar Foundation
- Miller & Martin Recognized in 2016 Chambers USA®
- Miller & Martin Represents PlayCore In Recent Acquisition of Belson Outdoors
- Miller & Martin Represents Mayne Pharma in $125 Million Debt Refinancing
- Miller & Martin Maintains Top Rankings in Chambers USA, 2015 Edition
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- Miller & Martin Attorneys Help Lead the Way for Big Changes to Come on Chattanooga, Tennessee's Riverfront Parkway
- Miller & Martin Represents Buyers Protection Group in Sale to Fidelity National Financial
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- Miller & Martin Receives Top-Tier Rankings from U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" 2015 Edition
- David Spiller Speaks at Webinar on "Buying and Selling a Small-to-Medium-Sized Business" as Guest Panelist
- Miller & Martin Represents Larsen MacColl Partners in the Acquisition of S. Walter Packaging Corp.
- PlayCore Represented by Miller & Martin in Acquisition of Fountain People, Inc.
- Miller & Martin Attorneys Represent PlayCore in Sale to Sentinel Capital Investment
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- April Holland Named to Lawyers of Color's 2014 Hot List
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- Miller & Martin Maintains Top Rankings in Chambers USA, 2014 Edition
- Miller & Martin Represents Quickcue, LLC in Sale to OpenTable, Inc.
- Douglas Elkins Joins Miller & Martin's Chattanooga Office
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- Miller & Martin Achieves Metropolitan Top Ranking for 2014 "Best Law Firms"
- Six Miller & Martin Attorneys Named Best Lawyers® 2014 "Lawyer of the Year"
- 50 Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2014 Edition
- Miller & Martin Represents The Dixie Group in Acquisition of Robertex Associates, Inc.
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- Miller & Martin PLLC Maintains Top Ranking in Chambers USA, 2013 Edition
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