Teri McMahon co-chairs both the firm's Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Quality Team and the Private Equity Practice. She emphasizes mergers and acquisitions, private equity representation, corporate finance, leveraged buyouts and general corporate law in her practice. She is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers magazine and Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for her corporate and mergers and acquisitions expertise. In the 2009 edition of the Chambers publication, Teri is described as a lawyer who is “incredibly effective and responsive” and with an “ability to adapt her style to meet the needs of the case.” Additionally, she was named to the BTI Transactions All-Star Team in a survey of key M&A decision-makers at large and Fortune 1000 organizations.

Teri has had extensive experience in acquisitions, divestitures, public and private company mergers and the general corporate management of businesses, including those involving portfolio companies controlled by one of the largest private investment funds in the Southeast.

Teri McMahon co-chairs both the firm's Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Quality Team and the Private Equity Practice. She emphasizes mergers and acquisitions, private equity representation, corporate finance, leveraged buyouts and general corporate law in her practice. She is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers magazine and Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for her corporate and mergers and acquisitions expertise. In the 2009 edition of the Chambers publication, Teri is described as a lawyer who is “incredibly effective and responsive” and with an “ability to adapt her style to meet the needs of the case.” Additionally, she was named to the BTI Transactions All-Star Team in a survey of key M&A decision-makers at large and Fortune 1000 organizations.

Teri has had extensive experience in acquisitions, divestitures, public and private company mergers and the general corporate management of businesses, including those involving portfolio companies controlled by one of the largest private investment funds in the Southeast. She negotiates and drafts purchase and sale agreements, shareholders and employment agreements and other documents typical in management-led buyouts, in addition to representing both large public corporations and small family-owned businesses in complex acquisitions and sales. She has spoken at legal and business seminars on such topics as the use of earn-outs, negotiated acquisitions, the mindset of limited partners in private equity, and corporate governance and sustainability issues. She frequently speaks at legal and business seminars on the negotiation of deals and other topics involving mergers and acquisitions.

Teri received her J.D. in 1987 from the University of Michigan and her undergraduate degrees in 1984 from Duke University, majoring in economics and public policy studies. She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and the Atlanta and American Bar Associations, focusing on the business or corporate law sections of those organizations. She serves as the Immediate Past Chair of the Business and Finance Section of the Atlanta Bar Association and is active in a number of non-profit organizations, presently serving on the boards of the Center for the Visually Impaired and the Atlanta chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth, as well as serving on the Atlanta chapter of the United Way Women of Tocqueville Cabinet. She formerly served on the business section of the DeKalb Medical Center Foundation.