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Education
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University of Notre Dame Law School
J.D. 1987
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University of Notre Dame
B.A. 1983
Great Books Program
Admissions
Georgia
Service Areas
- Business & Corporate Services
- Corporate Finance & Securities Offerings
- Lending & Commercial Finance
- Corporate General Services
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Real Estate Finance
- Corporate Governance and Disclosure
- General Corporate Services
Industry Experience
- Restaurants / Food Services
Memberships
- American Bar Association, Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development
- Atlanta Bar Association
- State Bar of Georgia
- Technology Association of Georgia
- The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE)
Community Involvement
- The Edge Connection, Inc., Advisory Board (2010-present); Chairman of the Board (2007-09); Executive Committee (2005-07); Instructor volunteer (1987-present)
Jeff Woodward is a member of the Business & Corporate Services Group in the Atlanta office where he represents privately held companies and investors in a variety of corporate transactional matters, including private equity finance, angel investments, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder-buy-outs, and strategic partnerships. Acting as outside general counsel, he helps manage contracts, compliance and legal affairs for a number of small and mid-sized Georgia companies. He also advises franchisors and franchisees with respect to the development, sales and acquisition of franchise systems and units, primarily in the food and beverage industry.
Jeff is active in the social venture movement, representing a number of social entrepreneurs, B-corps, sustainable energy businesses and social venture capital investors. In addition, he has over 20 years of experience in the nonprofit legal community advising private foundations, charities and schools, business and trade organizations, social clubs and fraternities. He has counseled non-profit and social venture boards on governance-related issues, and has been actively involved in structuring for-profit subsidiaries and real estate investments for tax-exempt organizations, including the use of low-income housing and other related tax-credits.
Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications
- "Looking Beyond Profits," by Mary Welch (quoting Jeff Woodward), Womenetics, June 27, 2010
Before Stites & Harbison
Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Mr. Woodward was a Partner with Foltz Martin, LLC, in Atlanta from 1999 to 2008. Before that, he was with Holland & Knight in Atlanta, and Jones Day in Atlanta and London. Before law school, Jeff worked in Washington D.C. for Senators Pat Moynihan and John Glenn.
More Than Stites & Harbison
Jeff is active in community organizations. He was the former chairman and now serves on the Advisory Board of The Edge Connection, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to providing micro-enterprise training to low-to-moderate income entrepreneurs. Mr. Woodward was also the founder and chairman of Community Redevelopment, Inc., a non-profit affordable housing organization, and the founder and prior chairman of the Atlanta Community Toolbank, a non-profit tool and materials distribution company serving hundreds of Atlanta area non-profit organizations.