Brian Axelrad is a partner on Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton’s Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities and Corporate team (MASC) and is co-leader of the MASC subpractice teams for Emerging Company and Venture Capital clients and in the Search Funds and Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) area, as well as for independent sponsors. In the area of search funds and ETA, Brian has helped establish Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton as a leader among law firms for the search fund and ETA community. Brian also supports the firm’s practice with social impact-oriented clients and helps clients deploy capital to support social impact and philanthropic outcomes. He is recognized nationally by Chambers USA and Chambers Global as a leading impact investing lawyer and go-to for complex private equity transactions involving social impact.