Prior to joining the firm, Doug taught English in Shizuoka City, Japan and practiced corporate law with a global law firm in Bangkok, Thailand.
Doug Elkins focuses his practice in the area of corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, securities and general business representation.
Doug’s practice largely surrounds strategic international and domestic merger and acquisition transactions, reorganizations, sales of businesses, debt and equity securities offerings by private companies and private equity, including representation of strategic and financial acquirers, sellers or privately-held businesses, private equity funds and management funds. Doug also regularly advises clients as corporate counsel to a variety of existing Miller & Martin clients on a range of legal issues and represents new clients as to entity formation and corporate governance. Doug is licensed in both Tennessee and Georgia.
Prior to joining Miller & Martin, Doug worked for an international law firm, in Atlanta and in Southeast Asia, providing advice on cross border transactions for both publicly and privately held clients. Doug has also lived and practiced in the Nashville market with a regional law firm, assisting with healthcare transactional work.
Doug graduated magna cum laude from the University of Tennessee College of Law and is a native of Chattanooga. He received his undergraduate degree in History, with honors, from Davidson College.
- Represented a financial sponsor in the disposition of its turnkey fast casual restaurant construction services portfolio company to a private equity fund.
- Represented a financial sponsor in the acquisition of a majority ownership stake in a vertically integrated infrastructure services provider of comprehensive sitework for residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal projects.
- Represented a financial sponsor in the acquisition of a fire services business.
- Represented a financial sponsor in the acquisition of a global provider of professional archaeology, maritime archaeology and cultural resources management business.
- Represented a financial sponsor in multiple acquisitions of professional engineering firms providing regional and nationwide environmental consulting and engineering services across infrastructure, private, public, education and industrial markets.
- Represented a financial sponsor in multiple roll-up acquisitions of car wash equipment and supplies across North America, including the Canadian market.
- Represented the founder of a shipping logistics brokerage firm in the sale of its business to a financial sponsor.
- Represented a financial sponsor in the sale of its global packaging business to a private equity fund.
- Represented a financial sponsor in the acquisition of multiple portfolio companies supporting its procurement business.
- Represented a strategic acquirer of a stone masonry quarry and related businesses.
- Represented a financial sponsor in its platform and add-on acquisition(s) of semiconductor architectural, engineering, construction and commissioning firms.
- Represented the founders of a recreational river rafting business in the sale of their business to a strategic acquirer.
- Represented a strategic acquirer in the acquisition of a regional supplier and manufacturer of bricks and other stone masonry.
- Counseled a private equity fund in the roll-up acquisition of restaurants.
- Counseled a manufacturer of stoves in the acquisition of certain assets and intellectual property.
- Counseled a private equity fund in a disposition of a manufacturer of industrial magnetic products.
- Counseled a publicly-traded bank holding company in connection with its merger with a regional bank holding company.
- Counseled a private equity fund in the add-on acquisition of a manufacturer of particle processing equipment.
- Counseled a private equity fund in the acquisition of a sports equipment manufacturer.
- Counseled a private equity fund in the add-on acquisition of a manufacturer of particle processing equipment.
- Assisted in advising London based, San Francisco based and Singapore based management funds in their investment in the Thai infrastructure and transportation sector in the approximate amount of USD $700 million.
- Assisted in advising the operator of a mass transit system in the public offering of approximately THB 12 billion (USD $364 million) of debentures to finance its operations and debt restructuring.
- Advised Bangkok-based public company engaged in the manufacture and distribution of processed foods in the acquisition of a Vietnam-based distributor of processed foods and energy drinks.
- Advised World Bank financing subsidiary in the financing of a Bangkok based asset management company.
- Assisted in advising New York based airport retailer in the sale of equity interests to a global private equity fund.
- Assisted in advising California based mortgage default services provider and law firm in the sale of equity interests and non-legal default services to Boston-based private equity fund.
- Assisted in advising Texas based private equity fund in the purchase of a Colorado based construction company.
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee
- Georgia
Court Admissions
Clerkships
Certifications
Accolades
Memberships
- Chattanooga Bar Association
- Nashville Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Association
- State Bar of Georgia
Community
- Good Shepherd Episcopal Church - Member
- J.D., magna cum laude, University of Tennessee College of Law, 2006
- B.A., with honors, History, Davidson College, 2002
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