- Counsel to a publicly held leading provider of paperboard packaging in a transformational combination with a division of a Fortune 100 competitor using an Up-C partnership structure and valued at $1.8 billion and in multiple other acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures.
- Counsel to a publicly held medical device company in a $710 million carve-out of its surgical and infection prevention business.
- Counsel to one of the leading U.S. food distributors in multiple strategic acquisitions.
- Counsel to the leading distributor of specialty construction supplies and safety products for professional contractors in numerous acquisitions.
- Counsel to a leading transportation company in the sale of its assets through a Section 363 auction.
- Counsel to a publicly traded India-based company in its acquisition of a distressed U.S. public company.
- Counsel to a leading Scandinavian aluminum manufacturer as the successful bidder in a Section 363 auction that doubled the size of the company.
- Counsel to Chinese private companies, state owned enterprises, and investment funds in mergers, acquisitions, and strategic investments in the U.S., including interfacing with and obtaining clearance from CFIUS.
- Counsel to a publicly traded biometric security company in a $400 million sale to the world’s largest technology company.
- Counsel to leading international investment banks in public offerings of debt securities and related debt tender offers by the world’s best-known beverage company aggregating more than $25 billion and €13 billion.
Partner,
- Phone: +1 404 881 4606
- Email: sarah.mackenzie@alston.com
Whether representing issuers or underwriters, Sarah brings thoughtful solutions when arranging securities transactions. She also efficiently closes M&A deals for her clients in various industries from manufacturing to retail.
- Counsel to the world’s largest and best-known home improvement retailer in public offerings of notes aggregating more than $30 billion.
- Counsel to a staffing services company in multiple strategic acquisitions.
- Counsel to a leading flexible-packaging provider in its acquisition of a medical-packaging manufacturing facility in a Department of Justice mandated divestiture.
Sarah Mackenzie is a partner in Alston & Bird’s Corporate & Business Transactions Group. Sarah represents private and public companies in complex mergers and acquisitions, carve-out transactions, joint ventures, and cross-border business transactions.
Sarah is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for her work in Mergers & Acquisitions Law and Securities/Capital Markets Law. She is also a member of the State Bars of Georgia and Virginia and the American Bar Association.
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Press Release November 26, 2024Alston & Bird Represents Coach USA in Transaction with Affiliates of The Renco GroupAlston & Bird represented Coach USA, a leading provider of passenger transportation and mobility services, in its transaction with an affiliate of The Renco Group Inc., Bus Company Holdings US LLC.Press Release November 26, 2024Alston & Bird Represents Coach USA in Transaction with Affiliates of The Renco GroupAlston & Bird represented Coach USA, a leading provider of passenger transportation and mobility services, in its transaction with an affiliate of The Renco Group Inc., Bus Company Holdings US LLC.
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Press Release June 7, 2024Alston & Bird Represents Underwriters in The Coca-Cola Company’s Public OfferingsAlston & Bird represented the underwriters in The Coca-Cola Company’s public offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of its 5.000% notes due 2034, its $1.1 billion aggregate principal amount of its 5.300% notes due 2054, and $900 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.400% notes due 2064.Press Release June 7, 2024Alston & Bird Represents Underwriters in The Coca-Cola Company’s Public OfferingsAlston & Bird represented the underwriters in The Coca-Cola Company’s public offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of its 5.000% notes due 2034, its $1.1 billion aggregate principal amount of its 5.300% notes due 2054, and $900 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.400% notes due 2064.
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Press Release September 8, 2022Said Differently Receives Platform Investment from Falfurrias Capital PartnersAlston & Bird client Said Differently, a global marketing agency, has received a platform investment by Falfurrias Capital Partners, a Charlotte-based private equity investment firm. The deal is the fourth investment from Falfurrias’ oversubscribed, $850 million Fund V and closed on August 19, 2022.Press Release September 8, 2022Said Differently Receives Platform Investment from Falfurrias Capital PartnersAlston & Bird client Said Differently, a global marketing agency, has received a platform investment by Falfurrias Capital Partners, a Charlotte-based private equity investment firm. The deal is the fourth investment from Falfurrias’ oversubscribed, $850 million Fund V and closed on August 19, 2022.
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Press Release May 20, 2021Select Interior Concepts to Sell Its RDS Segment to Interior Logic GroupAlston & Bird client Select Interior Concepts (SIC), a premier installer and distributor of interior building products, has announced the sale of its Residential Design Services (RDS) business to Interior Logic Group, a Blackstone Group portfolio company, for approximately $215 million.Press Release May 20, 2021Select Interior Concepts to Sell Its RDS Segment to Interior Logic GroupAlston & Bird client Select Interior Concepts (SIC), a premier installer and distributor of interior building products, has announced the sale of its Residential Design Services (RDS) business to Interior Logic Group, a Blackstone Group portfolio company, for approximately $215 million.
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Press Release May 3, 2021Graphic Packaging Holding Company to Acquire Americraft CartonAlston & Bird client Graphic Packaging Holding Company, a leading global provider of sustainable fiber-based packaging solutions, has announced its intention to acquire Americraft Carton, one of North America’s largest privately owned paperboard folding carton producers, in a transaction valued at approximately $280 million.Press Release May 3, 2021Graphic Packaging Holding Company to Acquire Americraft CartonAlston & Bird client Graphic Packaging Holding Company, a leading global provider of sustainable fiber-based packaging solutions, has announced its intention to acquire Americraft Carton, one of North America’s largest privately owned paperboard folding carton producers, in a transaction valued at approximately $280 million.
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In the News October 27, 2020Law360 | Payment Co. Repay to Buy Automated Payments Biz for $78MChris Baugher, Sarah Hess MacKenzie, Will Hooper, James Alexander, Scott Harty, David Caplan, Brett Coburn, and Blake MacKay are noted for representing CPS Payment Services in its proposed purchase by Repay Holdings Corp.In the News October 27, 2020Law360 | Payment Co. Repay to Buy Automated Payments Biz for $78MChris Baugher, Sarah Hess MacKenzie, Will Hooper, James Alexander, Scott Harty, David Caplan, Brett Coburn, and Blake MacKay are noted for representing CPS Payment Services in its proposed purchase by Repay Holdings Corp.
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In the News October 27, 2020Law360 | Payment Co. Repay to Buy Automated Payments Biz for $78MChris Baugher, Sarah Hess MacKenzie, Will Hooper, Scott Harty, Brett Coburn, and Blake MacKay are noted for representing CPS Payment Services in its proposed purchase by Repay Holdings Corp.In the News October 27, 2020Law360 | Payment Co. Repay to Buy Automated Payments Biz for $78MChris Baugher, Sarah Hess MacKenzie, Will Hooper, Scott Harty, Brett Coburn, and Blake MacKay are noted for representing CPS Payment Services in its proposed purchase by Repay Holdings Corp.
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Press Release August 21, 2020Alston & Bird Earns Broad Recognition in 2021 Best Lawyers and Ones to WatchTwo hundred and nineteen Alston & Bird attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, and 69 attorneys have been selected for the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.Press Release August 21, 2020Alston & Bird Earns Broad Recognition in 2021 Best Lawyers and Ones to WatchTwo hundred and nineteen Alston & Bird attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, and 69 attorneys have been selected for the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
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In the News August 20, 2020Global Legal Chronicle | Essex Portfolio’s $600 Million Public Investment-Grade Notes OfferingMichael Kessler, Rosemarie Thurston, Ian Jones, Sarah Hess Mackenzie, Shawna Tunnell, Stefanie Kavanagh, David Rutherford, and Joel Jung are noted for representing the underwriters in a $600 million notes offering issued by Essex Portfolio L.P.In the News August 20, 2020Global Legal Chronicle | Essex Portfolio’s $600 Million Public Investment-Grade Notes OfferingMichael Kessler, Rosemarie Thurston, Ian Jones, Sarah Hess Mackenzie, Shawna Tunnell, Stefanie Kavanagh, David Rutherford, and Joel Jung are noted for representing the underwriters in a $600 million notes offering issued by Essex Portfolio L.P.
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Press Release August 14, 2020Alston & Bird Represents Underwriters in $600 Million Public Investment-Grade Notes Offering by Essex PortfolioAlston & Bird acted as counsel to the underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered investment-grade $600 million notes offering issued by Essex Portfolio L.P., the operating partnership of Essex Property Trust Inc., a publicly traded real estate investment trust that invests in multifamily residential properties on the U.S. West Coast.Press Release August 14, 2020Alston & Bird Represents Underwriters in $600 Million Public Investment-Grade Notes Offering by Essex PortfolioAlston & Bird acted as counsel to the underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered investment-grade $600 million notes offering issued by Essex Portfolio L.P., the operating partnership of Essex Property Trust Inc., a publicly traded real estate investment trust that invests in multifamily residential properties on the U.S. West Coast.
Bar Admissions
- Georgia
- Virginia
Education
- Washington and Lee University (J.D., 2009)
- Dartmouth College (B.A., 2005)
Memberships
- OnBoard, board of directors
- Children’s Museum of Atlanta, board of directors