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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Offices
MERIDIAN, 17TH FLOOR
1320 MAIN STREET
COLUMBIA, SC 29201
SOUTH CAROLINA
United States
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Gus Dixon
Position
Partner
Career
Gus M. Dixon practices in the areas of securities law, corporate law, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing, special litigation and corporate investigations, and technology law at Nelson Mullins. He is a co-leader of the Firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Group and is the Chair of the Firm’s Opinion Committee.
Languages
English
Memberships
Memberships:
- Member of the Subcommittee on Legal Opinions for the Corporate, Banking, and Securities Law Section of the South Carolina Bar
- Former Chair of the Corporate, Banking, and Securities Law Section of the South Carolina Bar
- Former Adjunct Professor of Legal Writing at the University of South Carolina School of Law (1998–2002)
- Board Member of the Nelson Mullins Center for Professionalism at the University of South Carolina School of Law
Leadership:
- Co-leader of Nelson Mullins’ Mergers and Acquisitions Group
- Chair of the Firm’s Opinion Committee
- Former Chair of the Firm’s Marketing and Planning Committee
Education
University of South Carolina School of Law, JD; University of Virginia
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
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
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