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)
(Leading partners)Michael Hollingsworth – Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
With a marked focus on deals in the $10m-$250m bracket, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP’s M&A group is valued for its ability to ‘strike a balance between the client’s commercial goals and legal risks’. The sizeable national group draws on over 150 lawyers across the US, which equips it to handle transactions across all key industry sectors, with its recent highlights spanning the technology, healthcare, automotive, and financial services spheres. Columbia-based Gus Dixon co-chairs the department and maintains a broad corporate practice that intersects M&A, private equity, and corporate governance. The group is additionally co-led by Baltimore-based Colleen Pleasant Kline and Atlanta managing partner Michael Hollingsworth, both of whom focus on middle-market M&A. Also noted in Atlanta are William Ching, who chairs the private equity and venture capital group, and Brian Galison, who specializes in M&A involving the TMT, manufacturing, and financial services areas.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m) United States > M&A/corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Miami Elite > Commercial and international disputes
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
Firm Rankings
- Miami Elite > Commercial and international disputes
- Ohio Elite > Commercial disputes
- Boston Elite > Commercial litigation
- Miami Elite > International corporate and M&A
- 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
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Philadelphia Elite > Commercial disputes
- Atlanta Elite > Corporate and M&A
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- 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
- Government > Government relations
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Real estate > Real estate
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Tax > US taxes: contentious