M. Timothy Elder

M. Timothy Elder is a Partner in the Corporate Practice of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.

Mr. Elder has been named by Georgia Trend magazine as one of Georgia’s Legal Elite. He practices general corporate law with particular experience in corporate finance.

Mr. Elder represents U.S. and foreign public and private companies, as well as investment banks, investment advisors, and private investors in corporate, transactional, and regulatory matters, including:

• Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures
• Public securities offerings, including IPOs, secondary offerings and tender offers
• Private securities offerings, including venture and private equity and debt transactions, Rule 144A and Reg D offerings and debt/equity restructurings
• SEC reporting and compliance
• Operational matters, including negotiation of commercial and licensing transactions, contracts, benefit plans, joint ventures, and other business arrangements
• Commercial financing arrangements, including lending and bank credit agreements
• Cross-border transactions, representing U.S. and non-U.S. entities in acquisitions, investments and market entry
• Counseling of startup, technology and emerging growth enterprises in legal and business strategy
• Financial restructurings

Prior to entering corporate practice, Mr. Elder was a securities litigator for five years, participating in, among other things, the defense of a number of related class action securities lawsuits.

Mr. Elder is a member of the Georgia Bar Association and its Business Law Section. He is AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and he has been a speaker on securities law issues before various groups, including the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, Inc. He is admitted to practice in Georgia.

A native of Georgia, Mr. Elder earned his B.A. in political science, with honors, from the University of Georgia in 1980. He earned his J.D. degree in 1983 from Duke University, where he served as a Senior Editor of Law & Contemporary Problems.

Mr. Elder is a member of the Board of Advisors for South Fulton Medical Center, a Tenet Healthcare hospital, and has chaired such board since 2010.