Lynn Fowler focuses his practice on corporate and business tax law. He specializes in helping clients develop and implement tax-efficient strategies for varied business formation, financing, operations, and disposition transactions. Mr. Fowler has significant experience in advising clients to qualify for a variety of federal income tax credits. He has also been the lead tax advisor on numerous taxable and tax-free M&A transactions as well as a variety of other strategic corporate transactions. He serves as Chair of the firm's Tax team.

Mr. Fowler was listed in the 2012 and the three years immediately preceding editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business and Georgia Trend’s "Legal Elite" for Taxes, Estates & Trusts Law in 2012 and the three years immediately preceding. He was listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Tax Law in 2011, 2012 and 2013. He was recognized as a Georgia "Super Lawyer" by SuperLawyers magazine in 2013 and the four years immediately preceding. He is AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.*

* CV, BV, and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedure's standards and policies.

Professional & Community Activities

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Board of Directors

American Bar Association, Taxation Section, Committee on Partnership Taxation, Member

Atlanta Tax Forum, Member

Planned Parenthood Southeast, Board of Directors

State Bar of Georgia, Taxation Section, Member

University of Georgia School of Law, Adjunct Professor

Education

  • University of Alabama School of Law, J.D. (1986)
  • New York University School of Law, LL.M., Taxation (1987)
  • University of Alabama, B.S., Accounting (1982)

Bar Admissions

  • Not Licensed in District of Columbia
  • Georgia (1986)

Who We Are

Suite 2800, 1100 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA, 30309-4528
USA
t +1 404.815.6653
f +1 404.541.3204
Suite 900, 607 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC, 20005-2018
USA
t +1 202.824.1428

Lynn E. Fowler

Experience Highlights

Business combination of Certegy Inc. and Fidelity National Information Services Inc.
Represented Certegy Inc., a major publicly held credit card and check verification company, in its $4.5 billion merger with Fidelity National more
Formation of real estate investment funds for real estate investment, development and finance company
Represented a real estate investment, development and finance company in the formation and securities offering of six real estate investment funds. more
Strategic acquisition for Equifax, Inc.
Represented Equifax, Inc., one of the United States' largest credit reporting agencies, in its $1.4 billion acquisition of publicly held TALX more
Integration of Atlanta Cardiology Group P.C. into Piedmont Heart Institute, a subsidiary of the Piedmont Healthcare System
Represented Atlanta Cardiology Group P.C. with its integration from a large multi-office cardiology practice into Piedmont Heart more