ATLANTA – Atlanta Managing Partner Michael E. Hollingsworth II has been named a 2021 global leader in M&A and Governance in Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal, a legal publishing company based in London. This is his ninth year of recognition by the organization.

Hollingsworth is co-head of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group and its Investment Management Group. He focuses on middle-market corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures. He also serves on the firm's Executive Committee, the governing body of seven partners who oversee firm standing committees, strategic initiatives, and firm operations.

Who’s Who Legal: M&A and Governance identifies the leading figures in the global corporate legal market who stand out internationally for their first-class work managing a spectrum of corporate transactions, ranging from takeovers to acquisitions to IPOs, and advising clients on an array of corporate issues, including shareholder activism, takeover defense and regulatory compliance, according to the organization.

Established in 1897, Nelson Mullins is an AmLaw 100 law firm with more than 800 attorneys and government relations professionals in offices in 11 states and Washington, D.C. For more information on the firm, go to www.nelsonmullins.com.