Rob Ellis advises clients on their complex business transactions.
These transactions include mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, equity and debt financings, venture capital investments, and restructuring transactions. He also routinely provides general corporate representation to his clients. His M&A practice focuses on a wide range of industries, including technology, business services, building products, chemicals, manufacturing and distribution, and food and beverage.
Rob also frequently represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on acquisitions, divestitures, financings, and general corporate matters. He also has extensive experience working on fund formations and equity raises for private equity, corporate, and real estate clients.
During a prior secondment, Rob worked in the legal department of a global provider of chemical and building products client, where he served as the in-house M&A attorney on a number of corporate transactions.
- Represented a real estate sponsor on 50+ equity financings and related multi-family housing investments.
- Represented Axiall Corporation in a multi-billion dollar joint venture with Lotte Chemical for the development, construction and operation of an ethylene production facility in Louisiana.
- Represented Oldcastle Infrastructure in the sale of its SurePods business to WND Ventures.
- Advised MSouth Equity Partners on the purchase and sale of Interior Logic Group as well as numerous bolt-on acquisitions.
- Represented the owners of Yak Mat, a provider of temporary roadway solutions, in the sale of a majority stake in the company to Platinum Equity.
- Deal Flow During a Season of Distinction, Who will Come Out on Top? February 7, 2023, ACG Atlanta: M&A South 2023
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Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of mergers and acquisitions: middle-market (2019-2023)
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Recognized by The Legal 500 United States as a "Next Generation Partner" in mergers and acquisitions: middle-market (2022-2023)
- Member, Business Law Section, State Bar of Georgia
- Advisory Board Member, Emory Public Interest Committee
- Member, Southern Capital Forum
- Member, MIT Enterprise Forum
- Georgia
- J.D., with high honors, Emory University School of Law,
Notes & Comments Editor, Emory Law Journal
- B.A., magna cum laude, Wake Forest University
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