Michael E. Hollingsworth II > Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP > Atlanta, United States > Lawyer Profile
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Offices
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201 17TH STREET NW, SUITE 1700
ATLANTA GA 30363
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Michael E. Hollingsworth II
Position
Partner
Career
Michael Hollingsworth is co-head of Nelson Mullins’ Mergers & Acquisitions Group and its Investment Management Group. He focuses on middle-market corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures.
He represents private equity and hedge funds relative to their formation, operations and investments. His industry experience includes food and beverage, consumer-branded products, healthcare, construction and aggregates, technology and telecommunications, media, manufacturing and distribution, and business services.
Languages
English
Memberships
Memberships:
- Managing Partner for Nelson Mullins’ Atlanta Office
- Serves on Nelson Mullins’ Executive Committee
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)
- Southern Capital Forum
- Mergers and Acquisitions Committee, American Bar Association
- Committee publishes the Deal Points studies on prevailing terms in M&A transactions
- Founded the Southeastern M&A Forum (2005)
- Brings together strategic buyers, investment bankers, private equity groups, lenders, accountants, and deal lawyers each fall for a mergers and acquisitions conference
Education
Samford University Cumberland School of Law ,JD ,magna cum laude (1996), University of Alabama School of Law, LLM, Taxation (1999), Tulane University, BA, Political Science
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
Primarily based in Georgia, South Carolina, Florida and Maryland, the corporate and M&A group at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP attracts mandates from mid-market buyers and sellers active in a range of industries, most notably banking, technology, automotive and healthcare. Based in Baltimore, Colleen Pleasant Kline handles the full range of M&A, and regularly assists with Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification filings. Gus Dixon in Columbia is a notable M&A practitioner in the South Carolina market, whose experience encompasses securities law, corporate finance, investigations and business transactions. Key individuals in Atlanta include Michael Hollingsworth, who focuses on middle-market deals in the consumer products, healthcare, construction and tech sectors, and Rhys Wilson, who brings to the table extensive experience in this space.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Education
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Government > Government relations
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Real estate > Real estate
- Healthcare > Service providers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate