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M. Hill Jeffries

Partner

Hill Jeffries focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, venture capital investments and governance matters.

He advises clients in a diverse array of industries, including timberland investment management organizations (TIMOs), natural resources companies, technology companies and food manufacturers. Hill’s experience includes counselling private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on acquisitions, divestitures and general corporate matters. 

  • Represented Mutual of America Life Insurance Company, a New York domestic mutual life and annuity insurer, on its acquisition of 100% of the stock of Grandmark Funds, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Landmark Life Insurance Company.
  • Eversheds Sutherland advised T.Y. Lin International in connection with its acquisition of Greeley and Hansen, a leader in developing innovative engineering solutions for a wide array of water, wastewater, water reuse and solid waste challenges.
  • Advised GEODIS, a world leader in transport and logistics headquartered in France, on entering into an agreement to acquire the US-based logistics company Need It Now Delivers.
  • Represented G&L Holdings, Inc. in the sale of all issued and outstanding equity of Grain Craft, the largest US-based independent flour miller.
  • Represented DC Blox Inc., a data center provider in the southeast United States, in connection with its acquisition of a dark fiber route between Atlanta, Georgia and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
  • Represented Perkins+Will in its acquisition of Tim Murphy Design Associates, an architecture and interior design studio based in San Francisco.
  • Represented Empower in its acquisition of Prudential’s retirement plan business for a total transaction value of $3.55 billion.
  • Advised Resurgent Financial Advisors LLC in connection with its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of East Franklin Capital, LLC, a registered investment adviser headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  • Advised in the sale of a majority equity interest in Element Markets, LLC to TPG’s The Rise Fund.
  • Represented Safran S.A., a global tier-one supplier of systems and equipment to the aviation, defense, and space markets, on the sale of its Base2 Solutions subsidiary to Belcan, LLC.
  • Advised Resurgent Financial Advisors in connection with its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Peachtree Financial Group, a registered investment adviser headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Advised Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company on a joint venture transaction with Generali, one of the largest international insurance and asset management providers headquartered in Italy.
  • Advised Resurgent Financial Advisors in connection with its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Encompass Financial Advisors, LLC.
  • Represented Southeastern Mills, Inc., a leading food products company, in the sale of its custom coatings and seasonings division to Kerry Inc.
  • Represented Perkins+Will, Inc., a global architecture and design firm, in its acquisition of Pfau Long Architecture Ltd, a leading architecture firm headquartered in San Francisco.
  • Represented global architecture and design firm Perkins+Will in the acquisition of The Lauck Group, a leading interior architecture firm with offices in Austin, Dallas and Houston.
  • Represented Southwire in the acquisition of a $75 million cable manufacturing facility from ABB Inc. in Huntersville, North Carolina.
  • Represented the owner of Prime Education, Inc., a continuing medical education provider, in its sale to DW Healthcare Partners.
  • Represented SunTrust Bank in the sale of its Tallahassee-based commercial lines insurance premium finance subsidiary, Premium Assignment Corporation, to IPFS Corporation.
  • Represented global architecture and design firm Perkins+Will in its acquisition of Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, a Danish architecture practice with offices in Copenhagen, Aarhus and Shanghai.
  • Represented consumer finance company LendingPoint LLC in the acquisition of San Diego-based LoanHero, Inc., a leading fintech platform for point-of-sale finance.
  • Represented global technology company Avnet, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Hackster, Inc.
  • Represented Perkins+Will, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Sink Combs Dethlefs Associates, a Denver-based architecture and design firm.
  • Represented The Forestland Group in the sale of the sawmill assets of its affiliate Anderson-Tully Lumber Company, which owns one of the largest sawmills in the United States.
  • Advised Interfor Corporation in numerous acquisitions of sawmill complexes located in the US.
  • Represented Martin Marietta Materials in acquiring Rocky Mountain Materials & Asphalt, Inc. and Rocky Mountain Premix, Inc.
  • Represented Southwire in acquiring a $75 million cable manufacturing facility from ABB Inc. in Huntersville, North Carolina
  • Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of mergers and acquisitions: middle-market (2019-2023)

  • Recognized by The Legal 500 United States as a "Next Generation Partner" in the area of mergers and acquisitions: middle-market (2021-2023)

  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Business Law Section, State Bar of Georgia
  • Member, Atlanta Bar Association
  • Georgia
  • B.A., University of Virginia,

    Phi Beta Kappa

  • J.D., University of Virginia School of Law,

    Senior Editorial Board, Virginia Law and Business Review

M. Jeffries

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M. Jeffries

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