LAWYER PROFILE
Michael E Hollingsworth II

Michael E Hollingsworth II

USA 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Corporate Governance

Emerging Growth & Venture Capital

General Counsel Services

Healthcare Transactions

Investment Management

Mergers & Acquisitions

Private Equity

Securities Offerings

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.

Michael 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.

Professional 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

Personal

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

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Corporate/M&A - Georgia

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Managing partner of the firm's Atlanta office, Michael Hollingsworth co-chairs the firm's mergers and acquisitions practice. He represents private equity firms and corporations in midmarket M&A.

Strengths

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  • Michael has a big reputation. He's a good lawyer, great person and does a great job.

    Corporate/M&AChambers Guide to the USA
  • Michael is great on commercial awareness.

    Corporate/M&AChambers Guide to the USA

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