Bradley Wood

Practice Areas

Mergers & Acquisitions

Private Equity

Corporate Governance

Securities

Public Company Advisory

Venture Capital

Emerging Businesses

Career

Brad is a Shareholder in Maynard Nexsen's Corporate & Business Transactions Practice and serves as Chair of the Firm's Mergers & Acquisitions Group. As mergers and acquisitions (M&A) counsel to a wide variety of companies and investment funds, including public and private operating companies, private equity and venture capital funds, and family offices, Brad has closed over 150 M&A transactions worth billions of dollars in aggregate transaction value.

While Brad represents companies and investment funds of all types and sizes, he has developed particular expertise in middle-market private company transactions with transaction values ranging between $25 million and $500 million or more. These transactions include a broad range of structures, including mergers, equity, and asset acquisitions/divestitures, private equity and venture capital financings, "add on" acquisitions, minority and dividend recapitalizations, and joint ventures. Brad also regularly guides clients through corporate governance issues and provides general counsel and strategic business advice.

Brad is recognized by Chambers and Partners as a leading practitioner in Corporate Law and by The Best Lawyers in America© in the areas of Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law (2021-present). He serves on the Law360® Mergers & Acquisitions Editorial Board. In addition, Brad was recognized as a "Top 40 Under 40" and as an "Emerging Leader" by the M&A Advisor. Prior to law school, Brad worked as an auditor at Arthur Andersen, and following law school, he practiced in Nashville, Tennessee, and Chicago, Illinois, before joining Maynard. He also completed the Legal Project Management instruction and coaching program through LegalBizDev.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association, member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee and Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee

Alabama State Bar Association

Birmingham Venture Club

Association for Corporate Growth, member of the Steering Committee for ACG Birmingham Network; Membership/Outreach Committee for ACG Birmingham Network

Education