Biography
Walker joined James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP as an associate in the winter of 2017.
Walker is originally from La Grange, Tennessee. He graduated cum laude from Furman University with a B.A. in History in 2012. He then graduated cum laude from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 2015 with a concentration in Business Transactions. While attending law school, he served as the Managing Editor of Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law and participated on the school’s Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Team.
Prior to joining the firm, Walker practiced in Knoxville where he gained a broad array of experience in mergers and acquisitions as well as other corporate transactions.
Walker enjoys playing golf and is an avid sports fan. Walker currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia.
Practice Areas
Representative Matters
- Represented the shareholders of one of the country’s leading roofing, siding, and gutter installation companies in its $130 million stock sale to a financial acquirer.
- Represented the shareholders of a manufacturer of modular homes business in its $53 million equity sale to a strategic acquirer.
- Represented a joint venture in the energy space in its $965 million majority recapitalization with a West coast equity firm.
- Represented the shareholders of a premier specialty foods manufacturer in its $56 million stock sale to an East coast private equity firm.
- Represented the buyer in a $50 million acquisition of a pipeline and utility service company.
- Represented the shareholders of a HVAC maintenance company in its $16 million asset sale to a financial acquirer
- Represented the shareholder of a water well supply company in its $14 million asset sale to a strategic acquirer
- Represented the owners of an overhead roll-up door manufacturer in a $30 million stock sale.
- Represented the shareholders of a full service engineering firm in a $24 million stock sale to a financial acquirer.
- Represented the shareholder of IT solutions company in its in $13 million stock sale to a financial acquirer
- Represented the founder of a regional fast casual chicken restaurant chain in the sale of a significant stake to a private equity fund.
- Represented the owner of a commercial adhesives business in a $16 million asset sale to a strategic buyer.
- Represented the shareholders of a general contractor in a $30 million merger with a strategic buyer.
- Represented the owners of a liquid propane business in a $4.5 million asset sale to a strategic buyer.
- Represented the minority shareholder of an international logistics company in a $3.6 million stock sale
- Represented the owners of an IT staffing company in a $15 million asset sale.
- Represented the owners of a hardwood flooring manufacturer in the acquisition of multiple manufacturing facilities from a global flooring provider.
- Represented the shareholder of a wholesale grocery business in its $10 million asset sale to a strategic acquirer
- Represented the shareholder of an electric utility cooperative service provider in its asset sale to a financial acquirer
- Represented the shareholders of a major retail hardware operation in its sale to a financial acquirer
- Represented the owners of an electrical wholesale distributor in its $120 million stock sale to a strategic acquirer.
- Represented the owner in a carve-out of their PEO and ASO business lines in a $9 million stock sale to a strategic acquirer.
- Represented the selling shareholder of an industrial greenhouse manufacturer in its $20 million stock sale to a financial acquirer.
Professional Organizations/Activities
- Georgia Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Association
Education
- University of Tennessee College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2015)
- Furman University (B.A., History, cum laude, 2012)
Admitted
- Georgia, 2016
- Tennessee, 2015
Administrative/Legal Assistant Contact
Name: Radiah Allen
Title: Legal Assistant
Phone: 404.997.7507
