Experience

• Represented ice cream franchising company in drafting and negotiating joint venture agreement between founders and private equity investors, as well as negotiating patent license with technology company vendor
• Represented German investors in the purchase of stock of online provider of fresh products direct from the farm.
• Represented Danish company in the sale of its United States-based consulting and manufacturing businesses.
• Represented shareholders of financial advisor marketing firm in equity sale and rollover.
• Represented regional construction company in its acquisition of commercial building firm in North Carolina.
• Represented individual physician in the buy-out of his interests in medical practice.
• Represented Atlanta-based massage and physical therapy school in its acquisition by education portfolio company.
• Represented architectural firm in the business separation of its partners.
• Represented national financial services company in reorganization and spin-off transaction.
• Represented private equity fund in recapitalization of specialty tile company in a transaction involving preferred equity and senior and mezzanine debt.
• Represented real estate investment firm in several joint ventures with other industry partners for development of multifamily projects in the Southeast.
• Represented utility infrastructure service company in the sale of its subsidiary to strategic buyer.
• Represented several UK-based companies in establishing subsidiaries and commencing operations in the United States.
• Represented technology company in an equity investment and simultaneous corporate restructuring that included a merger with its sister company.
• Represented Fortune 500 company and worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment in the acquisition of various international product manufacturers.
• Represented investors in a joint venture to develop movie studios located near Atlanta, Georgia.
• Represented private equity funds in various portfolio acquisitions in a broad range of industries, including manufacturing, restaurants, recycling and nuclear material handling.
• Represented financial investor in the acquisition and subsequent disposition of portfolio of credit card receivables.
• Represented subprime auto lender in its capital raise with private equity investors and simultaneous acquisition of loan receivables portfolio.
• Represented national software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider in negotiating a complex master services agreement with a major U.S. retail bank.
• Represented Southeastern regional public relations firm in its acquisition of Atlanta-based competitor to create the 10th largest public relations firm in Atlanta.

Education

• J.D., cum laude, Georgia State University, 1999
• Editor-in-Chief, Georgia State University Law Review
• B.B.A., University of Wisconsin, 1991

Involvement