Phil Thompson is a partner in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough’s Atlanta office who practices in the areas of domestic and international business transactions; mergers and acquisitions; strategic alliances; private equity; financial institutions; corporate governance; fund formation; real estate development and investment; project finance; asset backed finance; renewable energy development and finance; and wealth management.

Experience

• Transactional practice represents both domestic and international privately held companies, investment funds, and private equity firms
• Counsels clients in the areas of structuring and negotiating business acquisitions, strategic alliances and private equity transactions, as well as cross-border international business matters in industry sectors with a recent emphasis in renewable energy projects, banking, food and beverage processing, hospitality, manufacturing, franchising, agricultural projects, mixed-use urban development projects and professional sports franchises
• Experience advising boards of directors/managers in private and public companies regarding audits, corporate compliance and corporate governance
• Served as special counsel to the FSLIC and RTC with the analysis, formation, and pursuit of D&O liability claims and actions against boards of directors and officers of financial institutions headquartered in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the U.S. (1989-1992)
• Has acted as independent counsel to consult with the Board of Directors in the context of both civil and criminal investigations to public companies

Representative Transactions

The following is a selected sampling of recent matters and is provided for informational purposes only.  Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter:

• Merger/statutory acquisition by a publicly traded company of another publicly traded company, both in Amsterdam, for a reported price of Euro 5.1 billion. Role was special U.S. legal counsel to purchaser specifically as to various regulatory requirements (e.g. HSR; FCPA; FINSA) – Industry: Temporary Staffing
• Acquisition of stock for cash of a "S" corporation and several qualified Subchapter S subsidiaries who owned and operated retail gasoline and convenience stores in southeast U.S. Size of transaction: $105 million+ – Industry: Retail gas and convenience stores