M. Timothy Elder

With more than four decades of experience providing legal counsel on a wide spectrum of corporate law matters across scores of industries and business types, M. Timothy Elder utilizes that experience to help clients in every stage of their life cycle to accomplish their goals. He has been named by Georgia Trend magazine as one of Georgia’s Legal Elite. He practices general corporate law with substantial experience in multiple practice areas, including:

• Investment Management, including representation of investment advisers
• Private Company/Transaction Securities Law, including mergers & acquisitions
• Public Company/Transaction Securities Law, including mergers & acquisitions

For example, in his investment management practice, Tim has represented numerous registered investment advisers, including some of Atlanta’s largest registered investment advisers (as measured by assets under management/advisement) in mergers & acquisitions, management buyouts, governance, restructurings, and regulatory matters. He has also represented an investment banking advisory firm focused on the investment management industry.

Prior to entering corporate practice, Tim represented clients in complex business and contract disputes including officer and director liability claims on behalf of an independent agency of the United States, defense and prosecution of complex business claims on behalf of private parties, and the defense of private law firms in multiple related class action lawsuits alleging violations of federal and state securities laws.

Tim 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, both nationally and internationally, including the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, Inc. and the Korean Electric Association. He is admitted to practice in Georgia.

Tim has served on a variety of for profit and non-profit boards, primarily in the healthcare industry. He has been a member of the Board of Trustees and the investment committee of the WellStar Foundation, a supporting organization to the WellStar Health System, the largest health system in Georgia. From 2018 to 2019, he was a member of the WellStar Atlanta Medical Center Regional Health Board. From 2016 to 2017, Tim was a member of and chairman of the Board of Advisors for WellStar Atlanta Medical Center, formerly a WellStar Health System hospital. From 2007 to 2016, he served on the Board of Advisors for two hospitals owned by Tenet Healthcare Corporation prior to their acquisition by WellStar. From 2012 to 2016, he was a member of the Board of Advisors for Atlanta Medical Center and chaired such board from 2015 to 2016. From 2007 to 2012, he was a member of the Board of Advisors for South Fulton Medical Center and chaired such board from 2010 until the merger of South Fulton with Atlanta Medical Center in 2012.

Tim's Practice

Representative Matters

Further examples of Tim’s representative experience and transactions in selected practice areas can be accessed by clicking on one or more of the following links.

• Investment Management
• Private Company/Transaction Securities Law and Mergers & Acquisitions
• Public Company/Public Transaction Securities Law and Mergers & Acquisitions