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M&A Lawyer · Serving Peachtree Corners, Georgia

Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer Serving Peachtree Corners

Selling a company you built, or buying one you intend to grow, is usually the largest transaction of an owner’s life. We represent Peachtree Corners buyers and sellers of privately held businesses from the letter of intent through closing.

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Corporate matters go directly to Jack Ross; disputes go to trial attorney Mitch Skandalakis. Submitting this form does not create an attorney-client relationship. Prefer the phone? Call (770) 891-3681.

Mergers and acquisitions counsel for Peachtree Corners businesses.

Skandalakis & Ross represents buyers and sellers of privately held businesses in Peachtree Corners and across metro Atlanta. The M&A practice is led by Jack N. Ross, who works lower middle market transactions from both the legal side and the investment banking side: origination, valuation, diligence, negotiation, and closing.

Peachtree Corners is home to Technology Park, a long-standing magnet for technology and engineering companies. In Peachtree Corners, we regularly see businesses in technology and engineering, manufacturing, and logistics, each with its own contract, diligence, and structuring issues.

That dual perspective changes how the documents get drafted. The purchase agreement should match the economics the parties actually agreed to, and the working capital peg, escrow, earnout, and indemnity terms should hold up after the wire clears. We coordinate with your broker, banker, lender, and CPA and keep the deal on the timeline it was priced on.

The firm’s offices are in Canton, Georgia and Oakland Park, Florida (by appointment). We meet Peachtree Corners clients at the Canton office, by video, or at your place of business. Jack N. Ross is licensed to practice law in Florida. Georgia-law matters are handled together with Mitch Skandalakis, the firm’s Georgia-licensed attorney.

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What we handle for Peachtree Corners clients.

  • Sell-side representationPreparing the company for diligence, negotiating the LOI, and protecting the owner after closing.
  • Buy-side representationDiligence, structure, and purchase documents for buyers and investors acquiring Peachtree Corners companies.
  • Letters of intentExclusivity, price mechanics, and working capital terms negotiated before they lock in.
  • Due diligence & disclosure schedulesWhere sell-side risk is created or eliminated.
  • Earnouts, escrow & indemnityThe clauses that keep paying, or keep costing, after closing.
  • Joint ventures & recapitalizationsPartial exits, partner buy-ins, and growth structures.

How the engagement works.

  1. Before the LOIValuation expectations, deal structure, and the terms worth fighting for, set before anything is signed.
  2. Diligence and documentsPurchase agreement, disclosure schedules, and ancillary agreements drafted around the agreed economics.
  3. Closing and afterFunds flow, closing deliverables, and the post-closing obligations that survive.

Georgia law

What Georgia law means for Peachtree Corners transactions.

In a Georgia asset purchase, the buyer can become responsible for the seller’s unpaid sales tax if the purchase price is not handled correctly (O.C.G.A. 48-8-46), so tax clearance and escrow terms matter. Non-competes given by sellers are governed by the Georgia Restrictive Covenants Act, which treats sale-of-business covenants more favorably than employee covenants when they are drafted to the statute.

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M&A lawyer questions from Peachtree Corners clients.

Do you represent both buyers and sellers in Peachtree Corners?

Yes, but never both sides of the same transaction. Each party to a deal should have its own counsel.

When should I bring a lawyer into a sale?

Before you sign a letter of intent. Exclusivity, price mechanics, working capital, and escrow terms set at the LOI stage are effectively binding in practice and are the hardest terms to renegotiate later.

How are M&A engagements billed?

Typically a flat fee by phase or hourly against a written estimate, agreed before work begins, so the legal cost is a known input to the deal economics.

Do you meet with Peachtree Corners clients in person?

The firm’s offices are in Canton, Georgia and Oakland Park, Florida (by appointment). We meet Peachtree Corners clients at the Canton office, by video, or at your place of business.

Is a Georgia attorney involved in my matter?

Jack N. Ross is licensed to practice law in Florida. Georgia-law matters are handled together with Mitch Skandalakis, the firm’s Georgia-licensed attorney.

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Attorney advertising. Lawyer responsible for this page: Mitch Skandalakis, Canton, Georgia office. Serving Peachtree Corners does not indicate an office in Peachtree Corners; the firm’s offices are in Canton, Georgia and Oakland Park, Florida.

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Corporate and transactional inquiries go directly to Jack Ross; disputes go to Mitch Skandalakis. Prefer the phone? Call (770) 891-3681.