Jordan M. Stout

Associate

Atlanta
171 17th Street NW
Suite 2100
Atlanta, Georgia 30363

Biography

Jordan is an associate in the Corporate & Finance practice.

Previously, Jordan served as a summer associate for AGG. While attending law school, Jordan also served as a student attorney in Washington University’s Entrepreneurship Clinic where she assisted start-up businesses and nonprofit organizations with entity formation and tax structure. She also gained insights into the inner workings of government agencies as a law clerk for Judge Amy Weinhaus at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Jordan was also an executive notes editor for the Washington University Journal of Law and Policy, where she worked with students and faculty to develop and edit their notes for publication.

Jordan was a distinguished All-American student-athlete at the University of Georgia, where she served as co-captain of the swimming and diving team and competed in the 2021 Olympic Trials for swimming.

Outside of her legal practice, Jordan has dedicated time to supporting her community by volunteering with organizations such as Mercy Health Center, Special Olympics Georgia, and Swim Across America.

Related Services

Experience

  • Represented a private investment firm in its acquisition of a commercial and residential fencing company and the financing of the same through a senior line of credit and mezzanine loan.

    • Represented Astec Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTE), a publicly traded manufacturer of infrastructure and materials processing equipment, in its $67.5 million acquisition of CWMF, LLC.
    • Represented Century Restaurants, Inc., the largest franchisee of Jersey Mike’s Subs, in the $77 million refinancing of all of its outstanding credit facilities with a syndicated group of lenders.
    • Represented a biopharmaceutical company developing immune-modulating biologic therapies for respiratory, inflammatory, and infectious diseases in an approximately $50.6 million Series E preferred stock financing.
    • Represented a leading specialty finance company in a rated loan transaction collateralized by structured settlement receivables.
    • Represented a national operator of optical retail franchises in the $105 million sale of all its membership interests to a U.S. subsidiary of a global eyewear company.
    • Represented a poultry-processing business with operations in the Southeast in the sale of all of the companies’ equity interests to a private equity-backed buyer.
    • Represented a solid waste management and recycling company in its acquisition of substantially all assets of a waste hauling and transfer station business, including the related acquisition financing.
    • Represented the owners of two Alabama health and physical fitness clubs in the sale of their respective businesses to a national fitness club owner-operator.
  • Represented a merchant service provider in the sale of its portfolio to a global payment processor held as a subsidiary of a publicly traded entity.

Credentials

  • Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, Juris Doctor
    • Washington University Journal of Law and Policy, Executive Notes Editor
    • Entrepreneurship Clinic
  • University of Georgia, Bachelor of Science – Psychology and Criminal Justice Studies
    • All-American, NCAA
    • Blue Key Honors Society
    • Omicron Delta Kappa Honors Society
    • Palladia Honors Society
    • Presidential Scholar
    • Psi Chi Psychology Honors Society
    • Tucker Dorsey Memorial Scholar, 2019
  • State of Georgia

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