Mario A. Bolaños
Partner
Atlantic Station
201 17th Street NW
Suite 1700
Atlanta, GA 30363
201 17th Street NW
Suite 1700
Atlanta, GA 30363
mario.bolanos@nelsonmullins.com
Mario focuses his practice on guiding venture capital funds and startup companies through a wide variety of venture capital or growth equity financings and general corporate governance matters. Additionally, Mario has experience assisting publicly traded companies and private equity funds on various buy-side and sell-side M&A transactions, both within the United States and worldwide.
Mario focuses his practice on guiding venture capital funds and startup companies through a wide variety of venture capital or growth equity financings and general corporate governance matters. Additionally, Mario has experience assisting publicly traded companies and private equity funds on various buy-side and sell-side M&A transactions, both within the United States and worldwide.
Experience
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.
Representative Matters
Transactional Experience
- Assisted an Atlanta-based sales engagement software platform provider in multiple venture-backed financings, including a $100 million Series E investment round
- Assisted an Atlanta-based crime prevention and surveillance platform provider in a $47 million Series C investment round
- Assisted a German-based Internet of Things (IoT) solutions software platform provider in multiple venture-backed financings and its sale to a strategic buyer
- Assisted an Atlanta-based venture capital firm in venture-backed investments into various software and technology providers
- Assisted an Atlanta-based predictive industrial analytics software platform provider in its sale to a strategic buyer
- Assisted a Pittsburgh-based speech-to-text and speech transcription platform provider in its sale to a publicly traded customer and employee experience management company
- Assisted a Fortune 100 company in the sale of its ownership interests in bottling and distribution operations in Guatemala and Uruguay to another bottler
- Assisted a Fortune 100 company in the acquisition of certain non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverage brands in Latin America
- Assisted an Atlanta-based private equity firm in its acquisition of an IT and cloud services company and related add-on acquisitions
- Assisted an Atlanta-based private equity firm in its acquisition of a global trade show and event management and marketing services company
- Assisted an Atlanta-based private equity firm in its acquisitions of and divestitures from various behavioral healthcare providers, home health care and hospice providers, and pain management and physical rehabilitation providers
- Assisted an Atlanta-based private equity firm in its acquisition of a Scottsdale-based leading provider of agile project management software
- Assisted a Salt Lake City-based leading provider of customer experience optimization software in its sale to a Chicago-based private equity firm
- Assisted a Boston-based private-equity firm and its portfolio company, one of North America's largest franchisees of a global operator of fitness centers, in acquiring various gym locations
Previous Professional Experience
- Corporate associate in the Atlanta office of an international law firm (2017–2021)
Languages
- Spanish
Education
-
Emory University School of Law,
JD
(2017)
- Notes & Comments Editor, Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal
- University of Georgia, BA, Political Science (2013)
Admissions
- Georgia
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.
Representative Matters
Transactional Experience
- Assisted an Atlanta-based sales engagement software platform provider in multiple venture-backed financings, including a $100 million Series E investment round
- Assisted an Atlanta-based crime prevention and surveillance platform provider in a $47 million Series C investment round
- Assisted a German-based Internet of Things (IoT) solutions software platform provider in multiple venture-backed financings and its sale to a strategic buyer
- Assisted an Atlanta-based venture capital firm in venture-backed investments into various software and technology providers
- Assisted an Atlanta-based predictive industrial analytics software platform provider in its sale to a strategic buyer
- Assisted a Pittsburgh-based speech-to-text and speech transcription platform provider in its sale to a publicly traded customer and employee experience management company
- Assisted a Fortune 100 company in the sale of its ownership interests in bottling and distribution operations in Guatemala and Uruguay to another bottler
- Assisted a Fortune 100 company in the acquisition of certain non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverage brands in Latin America
- Assisted an Atlanta-based private equity firm in its acquisition of an IT and cloud services company and related add-on acquisitions
- Assisted an Atlanta-based private equity firm in its acquisition of a global trade show and event management and marketing services company
- Assisted an Atlanta-based private equity firm in its acquisitions of and divestitures from various behavioral healthcare providers, home health care and hospice providers, and pain management and physical rehabilitation providers
- Assisted an Atlanta-based private equity firm in its acquisition of a Scottsdale-based leading provider of agile project management software
- Assisted a Salt Lake City-based leading provider of customer experience optimization software in its sale to a Chicago-based private equity firm
- Assisted a Boston-based private-equity firm and its portfolio company, one of North America's largest franchisees of a global operator of fitness centers, in acquiring various gym locations
Previous Professional Experience
- Corporate associate in the Atlanta office of an international law firm (2017–2021)
Languages
- Spanish
Media
Recognitions
The bar rules of some states require that the standards for an attorney's inclusion in certain public accolades or recognitions be provided. When such accolades or recognitions are listed, a hyperlink is provided that leads to a description of the respective selection methodology.
- LatinVex, Latin America: Top International Law Firms (2022--2023)
Professional Activities
- Atlanta Bar Association
- Georgia Hispanic Bar Association
Mario focuses his practice on guiding venture capital funds and startup companies through a wide variety of venture capital or growth equity financings and general corporate governance matters. Additionally, Mario has experience assisting publicly traded companies and private equity funds on various buy-side and sell-side M&A transactions, both within the United States and worldwide.
Experience
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.Representative Matters
Transactional Experience
- Assisted an Atlanta-based sales engagement software platform provider in multiple venture-backed financings, including a $100 million Series E investment round
- Assisted an Atlanta-based crime prevention and surveillance platform provider in a $47 million Series C investment round
- Assisted a German-based Internet of Things (IoT) solutions software platform provider in multiple venture-backed financings and its sale to a strategic buyer
- Assisted an Atlanta-based venture capital firm in venture-backed investments into various software and technology providers
- Assisted an Atlanta-based predictive industrial analytics software platform provider in its sale to a strategic buyer
- Assisted a Pittsburgh-based speech-to-text and speech transcription platform provider in its sale to a publicly traded customer and employee experience management company
- Assisted a Fortune 100 company in the sale of its ownership interests in bottling and distribution operations in Guatemala and Uruguay to another bottler
- Assisted a Fortune 100 company in the acquisition of certain non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverage brands in Latin America
- Assisted an Atlanta-based private equity firm in its acquisition of an IT and cloud services company and related add-on acquisitions
- Assisted an Atlanta-based private equity firm in its acquisition of a global trade show and event management and marketing services company
- Assisted an Atlanta-based private equity firm in its acquisitions of and divestitures from various behavioral healthcare providers, home health care and hospice providers, and pain management and physical rehabilitation providers
- Assisted an Atlanta-based private equity firm in its acquisition of a Scottsdale-based leading provider of agile project management software
- Assisted a Salt Lake City-based leading provider of customer experience optimization software in its sale to a Chicago-based private equity firm
- Assisted a Boston-based private-equity firm and its portfolio company, one of North America's largest franchisees of a global operator of fitness centers, in acquiring various gym locations
Previous Professional Experience
- Corporate associate in the Atlanta office of an international law firm (2017–2021)
Languages
- Spanish
Education
-
Emory University School of Law,
JD
(2017)
- Notes & Comments Editor, Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal
- University of Georgia, BA, Political Science (2013)
Admissions
- Georgia
Practice Areas
The bar rules of some states require that the standards for an attorney's inclusion in certain public accolades or recognitions be provided. When such accolades or recognitions are listed, a hyperlink is provided that leads to a description of the respective selection methodology.
- LatinVex, Latin America: Top International Law Firms (2022--2023)
- Atlanta Bar Association
- Georgia Hispanic Bar Association
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