Deal Watch - The Blog


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Author: Andy Peters is a staff reporter Incisive Media's Atlanta-based Daily Report.

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  • Extra cheese, pepperoni--oh, and $25 million, please

    The franchisor of the popular Mellow Mushroom pizza joints just got a bigger piece of the money pie thanks to a $25 million credit facility from GE Capital. Given the tight-fisted credit markets, almost any…

  • Shopping-center developer shops for reorganization

    The developer who created Georgia shopping venues, including the Forum on Peachtree Parkway, has filed for bankruptcy protection in a multipronged Chapter 11 reorganization involving at least $177 million in debt. Various entities of Fourth…

  • Mattress-maker tries to bounce back

    Simmons Co., the mattress-maker which in late September announced plans to sell itself to investors, has just completed the next step in its efforts to bounce back from financial troubles stemming from $1 billion in…

  • Six Flags revamps Chapter 11 plan

    Six Flags Inc. has revamped its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan in an effort to gain broader support from its creditors, according to a disclosure statement filed with the amusement park company's second amended joint…

  • How Nelson Mullins partner met Oprah, Dr. Oz

    It’s not every day that Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough partner Jeffrey A. Allred gets to rub elbows with the likes of celebrity physician Mehmet Oz and the queen of talk herself, Oprah Winfrey. But…

  • AGG lawyer brings a bit of Germany to Georgia

    On Wednesday, Arnall Golden Gregory partner Tycho Stahl was driving on the Autobahn near Münster, Germany, logging yet more miles on what has, so far, been a two-week, 3,000-mile road trip to meet with clients…

  • Small-biz bankruptcies decline in Atlanta

    Small-business bankruptcies are declining in Atlanta, falling 44 percent between the second and third quarters of this year, according to data from Equifax. The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta area ranked fifth in the nation for the number…

  • Kilpatrick represents Equifax in $124M deal

    Equifax Inc., the company known for its analysis of consumer creditworthiness, today closed a $124 million deal to acquire IXI Corp., thanks in part to legal help from Kilpatrick Stockton. Kilpatrick mergers and acquisitions partner Gregory K.…

  • Nelson Mullins helps integration companies unite

    Five years ago when Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough partner Rhys Wilson was giving a speech at a law-related event, the owner of a Suwanee-based systems integration company came up to him and said, “I’m…

  • Allion's $278M going-private deal spawns suit

    As Shakespeare noted, the course of true love never did run smooth. The same, it seems, could be said about going-private transactions. Earlier this month, Allion Healthcare Inc., represented by Alston & Bird partner Steven…