Attorney Morgan Ownbey has joined Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel and will support the firm’s business and mergers and acquisitions practice areas.
Ownbey is a corporate attorney specializing in mergers and acquisitions, financial transactions, corporate restructuring and commercial contracts. He advises middle-market businesses on asset and stock purchases, capital raises and negotiations on essential agreements for buying, selling and operating companies.
Ownbey often serves as outside general counsel, providing guidance and supporting first-time sellers through transactions with private equity and other buyers.
Serving clients across the Southeast, Ownbey addresses industry-specific challenges in sectors such as industrial, construction, manufacturing, chemicals, transportation, logistics and information technology.
Ownbey has extensive experience advising privately owned middle-market businesses on succession planning, strategic exits and capital raising, including venture-series financing and employee incentive pools.
Ownbey is the board chairman for Trellis Horticultural Therapy Alliance and a member of the State Bar of Georgia. After earning his degree from Georgia College & State University, he graduated from the Juris Doctor and MBA dual degree program at Georgia State University College of Law and the J. Mack Robinson College of Business.
Ownbey is licensed to practice in Georgia and will be practicing in Tennessee, practice pending admission pursuant to Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 7, Sec. 10.07.