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Callie Whatley

Callie Whatley

USA 2026

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Practice Areas

Alternative & Renewable Energy

Business Formation

Automotive

Succession Planning

Commercial Contracts

Manufacturing

Corporate Law

Mergers & Acquisitions

Restaurant Services

Private Equity & Venture Capital

International Law & Tax

Real Estate

Franchise & Distribution

PPP and CARES Act Audit, Investigations, & Defense

Career

Callie Whatley is an experienced transactional attorney focusing on mergers and acquisitions, business formation and capital needs for both start-ups and more established companies. She also regularly advises clients on day to day corporate matters that come up in her clients’ respective businesses and enjoys helping companies along the full arc of their growth and development from start-up to exit.

Callie serves as the Vice-Chair of the firm’s Corporate & Tax Practice Group. She has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, solar, service providers and consumer focused industries such as restaurants and health clubs. She represents clients in a broad variety of deal sizes, ranging from less than $1,000,000 to in excess of $500,000,000, with most experience coming in representing lower and middle market companies. Additionally, she regularly represents solar developers in acquiring, financing and developing solar projects in various stages of development, and she has significant experience representing private equity companies in the acquisition and sale of portfolio companies.

Callie is an active member of the community and is a past board member of the Junior League of Birmingham and a member of the board of Smile-A-Mile. She serves as a member of the firm’s Opinions Committee and Charitable Contributions Committee.

Professional Memberships

Alabama State Bar

Birmingham Bar Association

American Bar Association

Birmingham Venture Club

Personal

Junior League of Birmingham

Canterbury United Methodist Church

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Corporate/Commercial - Alabama

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial
Callie Whatley has extensive experience of business formation, mergers and acquisitions and capitalization for early-stage and is well established in the manufacturing and renewable energy businesses, as well as for service industry clients such as restaurants and health clubs.

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Alabama

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