Stuart C. Johnson 404.873.8712 [direct] 404.873.8713 [fax] stuart.johnson@agg.com Area of Practice Mergers & Acquisitions/Strategic Alliances, Growth Companies/Private Equities

Mr. Johnson is a partner of the firm, is the Co-Chairman of the firm's Corporate Practice Group, and is an active member of the firm's Mergers & Acquisitions/Strategic Alliances and Growth Companies/Private Equities Practice Teams. He assists middle-market business clients in consummating acquisitions, sales, joint ventures, private equity investments and strategic partnerships and has been lead counsel in over 30 such transactions in the last three years, representing a combined aggregate business value of over $300 million. He counsels private company clients in structuring relationships between business owners, employment matters, succession planning and all areas of federal and state taxation. He also assists foreign clients in planning and implementing their business operations in the United States and in planning and executing US clients' international activities.

Professional Activities

• American Bar Association (Sections: Business Law (Member, Committee on Venture Capital and Private Equity; Committee on Negotiated Transactions))
  
• State Bar of Georgia (Sections: Corporate Law, Taxation)
  
• Association for Corporate Growth (Board of Directors, Atlanta Chapter; Organizing Committee, 2003 ACG Atlanta Capital Connection; Co-Chairman, 2004 ACG Atlanta Capital Connection)
  
• Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals (Atlanta Chapter)
  
• Technology Association of Georgia

Education
B.A., Economics and Government, University of Virginia, 1982 (with distinction)
M.A., Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1987 (Order of the Coif)
      Executive Editor, Virginia Tax Review; Author, Note 5 Virginia Tax Review
      497 (1986)

Admitted to Practice
State Bar of Georgia, 1987