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Micah G. Mahdi

Of Counsel

(405) 766-3721
micah.mahdi@mcafeetaft.com
Oklahoma City

Overview

Micah Mahdi is a transactional attorney whose practice lives at the intersection of strategic corporate transactions and complex tax considerations. She advises principals, business owners, private equity firms, and investors on acquisitions, dispositions, financings, and reorganizations, structuring each deal to achieve both immediate ownership-transition goals and long-term corporate objectives. She has experience with commercial real estate acquisitions, development, and leasing for both for-profit and non-profit organizations, as well as acquisitions and spin-offs for private equity firms and Fortune 500 public companies.

As corporate counsel, she provides guidance on entity formation and structuring, governance, and the contracts that keep a business running. Micah advises closely held businesses and high-net-worth individuals on succession planning and trusts-and-estates matters, mindful that for many clients, wealth is not just a number on a balance sheet but the story of their life’s work and should be passed on intentionally across generations.

Micah graduated from the University of North Texas with a business degree in economics. She earned her law degree, with honors, from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where she was a member of the Oklahoma Law Review and the Order of the Coif, and went on to earn her LL.M. in Taxation from Temple University Beasley School of Law. She currently serves on the board of directors for the Tony Award-winning Wilma Theater in Philadelphia and on the Young Alumni Board for the University of Oklahoma College of Law.

Micah’s career experience includes working as an attorney in the Washington, DC, office of an AmLaw 100 firm and the Philadelphia, PA, office of mid-sized regional law firm. While working in Philadelphia, she was selected for inclusion in the 2026 edition of Pennsylvania Super Lawyers’ list of “Rising Stars,” which recognizes the state’s up-and-coming attorneys.

Representative Experience

  • Represented the Najafi Companies, a private investment company with significant holdings in consumer, media, talent-driven brands, ecommerce, tech, and sports in the $173 million acquisition of STX Entertainment from Eros STX Global Corporation (NYSE: ESGC), a global entertainment company.
  • Represented DuPont (NYSE:DD) in its $11 billion divestiture of several of its former Mobility & Materials segment to Celanese Corp, a global technology and specialty materials company.
  • Represented a global fastener and wire protection company in its $1 billion refinancing of a term loan and revolving multicurrency loan.
  • Represented ownership group in the successful negotiation of an expansion agreement with the National Lacrosse league, the awarding of the NLL’s 14th franchise to Fort Worth, Texas, and the negotiation of an arena license agreement with Dickies Arena.
  • Represented the owners of more than 100 independently owned 7-Eleven convenience stores in Oklahoma in the sale of the companies’ membership interests to Texas-based 7-Eleven, Inc.

Honors and Awards

  • Named to Pennsylvania Super Lawyers’ list of “Pennsylvania Rising Stars” (2026)
  • Named to The National Black Lawyers’ Top 40 Under 40 (2021)

Professional Organizations and Memberships

  • Oklahoma Bar Association
  • D.C. Bar Association

Civic Involvement and Leadership

  • University of Oklahoma College of Law Young Alumni Board
  • The Wilma Theater (Board of Directors)

    Writing Credits

  • The Role of a Diversity Committee

    August 2020 | ABA Law Practice Today

Media

  • Oklahoma, 2019
  • District of Columbia, 2022
  • Pennsylvania, 2023
  • LL.M., Taxation, Temple University, 2025
  • J.D., with honors, University of Oklahoma, 2019
    • Oklahoma Law Review; Order of the Coif; President, Black Law Students Association; Dean’s Committee on Diversity & Inclusion; Student Ambassador; Dean’s Leadership Council
  • B.B.A. (Economics), University of North Texas, 2016