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Alston & Bird has continued to bolster its Investment Funds Group with the addition of veteran registered funds partner George Silfen in the firm’s New York office.

Zack Higbee, Kelsey Kingsbery, and Elaine Tapp are noted as “On the Rise” honorees and the firm’s Intellectual Property Group is noted as a finalist in the Litigation Departments of the Year, Specialty Practice Intellectual Property category for the 2025 Southeastern Legal Awards.

Adam Heasley is noted for joining Alston & Bird as a finance partner in New York.

Adam Heasley is noted for joining Alston & Bird as a finance partner in New York.

Alston & Bird’s Finance Group continues to bolster its nationally recognized private credit practice with the addition of partner Adam Heasley in New York. Adam advises private credit lenders, borrowers, and sponsors in financing transactions with a focus on acquisition and recapitalization credit facilities and asset-based lending. He also guides his clients in structuring bespoke intercreditor arrangements and through complex workouts and restructurings.

Adam Heasley is noted for joining Alston & Bird as a partner in New York.

Adam Heasley is noted for joining Alston & Bird as a partner in New York.

Alston & Bird has been recognized in the 2025 edition of Chambers Global, with 12 practices and 24 lawyers cited for excellence. 

Dennis Garris will moderate the session “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Securities Laws but Were Never Given the Chance to Ask...” and share his expertise at the in-person conference hosted by the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.

Alston & Bird represented the underwriters in Abacus Life’s public offering of its common stock, generating gross proceeds of approximately $100 million, including $80 million raised in the primary offering by the company and $20 million paid in connection with shares sold by certain stockholders of the company in a concurrent secondary offering.