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Lori H.Jones

Lori H. Jones

Lori H. Jones

Of Counsel
Email: lhjones@mercerthompson.com
Direct Dial: 404.577.4213
Fax: 404.577.4206
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Ms. Jones is Of Counsel in the law firm of Mercer Thompson LLC.  She has concentrated her law practice on a variety of corporate and securities transactions with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions.  She has particular experience in the following:

  • representation of public and private companies, both purchasers and sellers, in mergers and acquisitions including drafting and negotiating acquisition agreements;
  • 1934 Act filings;
  • advising public companies, boards of directors and audit committees with respect to “best practices,” corporate governance matters, executive compensation issues and compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ corporate governance listing standards;
  • assisting clients with the filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976; and
  • representing companies and individuals in connection with corporate formation, reorganizations, shareholder agreements, joint ventures, raising private equity capital, shareholder disputes and other general corporate matters.


 Professional Experience

  • Of Counsel, Mercer Thompson LLC, June 2009 to present
  • Associate, Troutman Sanders LLP, 2000 - 2009

Representative Transactions

  • Representation of Securicor plc in its acquisition of all the outstanding stock of Argenbright Security, Inc.
  • Representation of Spectrum EBP, L.L.C., a joint venture owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Wachovia Bank, National Association, in the sale of its on-line bill payment technology to Metavante Corporation.
  • Representation of Georgia Pacific Corporation in its $810 million divestiture of its building products distribution division to an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management L.P.
  • Representation of Matria Healthcare, Inc. in its $122 million sale of Facet Technologies, Inc. to a private equity firm.
  • Representation of SEMCO Energy, Inc., a Michigan natural gas utility, in its $867 million sale to Cap Rock Holding Corporation.
  • Representation of a special committee of the board of directors of Thomas Nelson, Inc. in connection with its $475 million sale to a private equity firm.
  • Representation of special committee of the board of directors of U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc. in connection with a $192 million cash tender offer by the founders in a ”going private” transaction.
  • Representation of Matria Healthcare, Inc. in connection with its $1.18 billion sale to Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.
  • Representation of PNM Resources, Inc. in its $640 million divesture of its natural gas utility operations to New Mexico Gas Company, an affiliate of Cap Rock Holding Corporation.

Education

  • Georgia State College of Law (J.D., Magna Cum Laude, 1995)
  • University of Georgia, (B.B.A., Finance, Cum Laude, 1991)

Bar Memberships

  • State Bar of Georgia