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| J.D., Order of the Coif, University of Virginia School of Law, 1987
| | | | M.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986
| | | | B.A., With Distinction, University of Virginia, 1982 | | |
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| Georgia, 1987 | | |
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| Association for Corporate Growth, Atlanta Chapter, President, 2005-2006; Board of Directors, 2003-2007
| | | | Association for Corporate Growth Atlanta Capital Connection, Chair, 2005; Executive Committee, 2003 - present
| | | | Association for Corporate Growth International; Board of Directors and Secretary, 2007-present
| | | | Association for Corporate Growth InterGrowth; 2008 Steering Committee; 2009 Executive Committee; 2010 Chairman
| | | | American Bar Association, Business Law Section; Committee on Venture Capital & Private Equity, Negotiated Transactions and Subcommittee on Mergers & Acquisitions Market Trends
| | | | Center for Entrepreneurship and Corporate Growth, Emory University; Founding Sponsor Representative
| | | | State Bar of Georgia, Corporate Law and Taxation Sections
| | | | Technology Association of Georgia
| | | | Turnaround Management Association
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| | | | Junior Achievement of Georgia, Inc., Board of Directors
| | | | Atlanta Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, Executive Board; Corporate Governance and Budget Committees; Co-Chairman, 2007 BSA National Meeting Planning Committee | | |
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| "Cashing Out," Business to Business, Quoted, December 2007
| | | | "Gaming Novice Guides Company in Buyout," Fulton County Daily Report, Profiled, November 2007
| | | | "Top Executives Starting New Buyout Firm," Atlanta Business Chronicle, Quoted, September 2007
| | | | "2007 Private Targets Mergers & Acquisitions Deal Points Study," a study conducted by the ABA's Section of Business Law's Committee on Acquisitions' Mergers and Acquisitions Market Trends Subcommittee, Issue Group Leader, August 2007
| | | | "$1 Billion Buyout Fund Planned," Atlanta Business Chronicle, Quoted, August 2007
| | | | "Credit Crunch Could Spread from Housing," Atlanta Business Chronicle, Quoted, August 2007
| | | | "A Quiet Kind of Boom," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Quoted, August 2007
| | | | "Eager Buyers for Businesses are Kicking it Up a Notch," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Quoted, May 2007
| | | | "Private Target M&A Deal Points Study," Section of Business Law, American Bar Association, March 2006
| | | | "Billion Dollar Mergers Up in 2005," Atlanta Business Chronicle, December 2005
| | | | "Dealmakers Primed to Put Money to Work," Atlanta Business Chronicle, February 2005
| | | | "Growing Pains for Growing Companies: Managing Expansion," Knowledge@Emory, August 2004
| | | | "Growing Pains for Growing Companies: Venture Funding," Knowledge@Emory, July 2004
| | | | "Companies I Wish I Owned," Catalyst, May 2004
| | | | "Business Transactions: Five Key Points," Business Week, October 2003 | | |
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Stuart Johnson is a Partner in the Business & Finance practice and the Co-Chair of Powell Goldstein's Private Equity Practice Team. Mr. Johnson has extensive experience in the areas of middle-market business transactions and in the private equity and venture capital markets.
Mr. Johnson's representative experience includes:
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Consummating acquisitions, sales, joint ventures, private equity investments and strategic partnerships for public and private companies
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Lead counsel of transactions in the telecommunications, manufacturing, plastics, home building, business services, chemicals, logistics, food services and health care industries
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Counseling private companies in structuring relationships between business owners, employment matters, succession planning and state and federal tax planning
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Assisting foreign clients in the planning and implementation of their business operations in the United States and in the planning and execution of international business activities
Mr. Johnson is the author of, and has been quoted in, numerous articles relating to mergers & acquisitions trends and activities, particularly relating to growth-oriented businesses and private equity transactions. He has organized or participated in numerous business growth and business expansion programs at institutions such as the Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, Georgia State University, and Kennesaw State University. He has also addressed comparable topics at a variety of other conferences held by organizations such as the Georgia Society of CPAs, the Atlanta Business School Alliance, the Technology Association of Georgia, Lorman Educational Services and the Academy of Management. He is a founder of the ACG Atlanta Capital Connection, which is the largest M&A and Private Equity conference in the Southeastern United States. He has presented at, and has been on the planning committee for the Southeastern M&A Forum, and has been a faculty member for the Alliance for Mergers and Acquisitions Advisors' Certified Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor credentialing program.
Mr. Johnson is recognized by his peers as a Georgia Super Lawyer in the fields of Corporate law and Mergers and Acquisitions and serves in leadership positions in a variety of professional and community organizations, such as the Association for Corporate Growth, the American Bar Association, the Boy Scouts of America and Junior Achievement of Georgia. |
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