Mercedes-Benz Stadium: One Year In and the Year Ahead
Nov 27, 2018 12:00 PM
Michael J Egan, III, SVP & Gen Counsel, AMB Group
Mercedes-Benz Stadium: One Year In and the Year Ahead
Mike Egan joined AMB Group, the holding company for the Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta United, Mercedes­ Benz Stadium, PGA TOUR Superstores and Mountain Sky Guest Ranch in January 2015. In addition to serving as general counsel for all Arthur Blank’s business interests, Mike provides executive oversight for the construction and operational readiness of Mercedes-Benz Stadium and The Home Depot Backyard.

Prior to joining AMB Group, Egan was a partner in the Corporate Practice Group of the law firm of King & Spalding for 25 years and led the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions practice. Egan acted as primary outside counsel to Arthur Blank and his businesses, including representing Mr. Blank in the acquisition of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United as well as the negotiations with the Georgia World Congress Center Authority and the City of Atlanta for the development of Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Egan also acted as outside counsel to The Home Depot during Mr. Blank's leadership of that company.

Egan serves on the Board of Trustees of The Westminster Schools in Atlanta and the Honors College Board at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Egan is a native Atlantan and received his J. D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School and clerked for former Chief Judge Elbert P. Tuttle on the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. He was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate and Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

INTRODUCTION: Mason Stephenson
INVOCATION: Dan Gerding