Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer Serving Savannah

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

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Mergers and acquisitions counsel for Savannah businesses.

Skandalakis & Ross represents buyers and sellers of privately held businesses in Savannah and across coastal Georgia. 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.

Savannah is home to one of the busiest container ports in the country, with logistics, manufacturing, and hospitality businesses built around it. In Savannah, we regularly see businesses in port logistics and distribution, manufacturing, and hospitality and tourism, 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 Savannah 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.

Port logistics and distributionManufacturingHospitality and tourismChatham CountyCoastal Georgia

What we handle for Savannah 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 Savannah 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.

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

Georgia law

What Georgia law means for Savannah 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 Savannah clients.

Do you represent both buyers and sellers in Savannah?

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 Savannah clients in person?

The firm’s offices are in Canton, Georgia and Oakland Park, Florida (by appointment). We meet Savannah 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 Savannah does not indicate an office in Savannah; 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.