When you want to get a deal done, you need to make informed decisions with all of the pertinent information. What are the risks involved? What strategy is the most efficient?
You need problem solvers. At Alston & Bird, we give practical advice. We staff our client teams appropriately to provide timely and comprehensive answers to your questions.
We counsel clients ranging from Fortune 50 companies to startups. We represent nearly 100 U.S. public companies, as well as private companies, financial institutions, and private equity firms, operating globally across a wide range of industries.
We advise on transaction structuring and implementation, securities matters, corporate governance, and general corporate matters.
Our M&A lawyers handle a broad range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, complex carve-out transactions, leveraged buyouts, going-private transactions, strategic alliances, and joint ventures. Some of the largest private equity firms, venture capital funds, financial institutions, and other private investors rely on us in all aspects of the investment cycle. We also represent the portfolio companies of our private equity clients, including add-on acquisitions, dispositions, recapitalizations, and financings.
Issuers and underwriters turn to our securities lawyers for public and private offerings of equity and debt. We also routinely assist our clients with current and periodic reporting obligations and advise on disclosure and compliance issues that arise.
Our lawyers live and breathe these deals. When you need a deal done on time, on budget and with a practical, focused approach to your business goals, Alston & Bird has you covered.
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You want to keep deals moving, on time and on budget. You need your legal team to provide options and clarify the risks involved in your M&A, securities and private equity matters. You need a legal team that’s been there and done that, many times before. We don’t create problems. We provide solutions.
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Press Release March 10, 2025Daily Report’s 2025 Southeastern Legal Awards Laud Alston & Bird’s IP Litigation Practice, Emerging TalentAlston & Bird’s Intellectual Property Group has been named as a finalist in the “Department of the Year, Specialty Practice Intellectual Property” recognition in Daily Report’s 2025 Southeastern Legal Awards.Press Release March 10, 2025Daily Report’s 2025 Southeastern Legal Awards Laud Alston & Bird’s IP Litigation Practice, Emerging TalentAlston & Bird’s Intellectual Property Group has been named as a finalist in the “Department of the Year, Specialty Practice Intellectual Property” recognition in Daily Report’s 2025 Southeastern Legal Awards.
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Press Release March 6, 2025Alston & Bird Advises Lightspeed Systems on Acquisition of STOPit SolutionsAlston & Bird advised Lightspeed Systems, a global leader in online security, safety, and educational technology management solutions, on its acquisition of STOPit Solutions, a pioneer in anonymous reporting and crisis management platforms. Based in Austin, Texas, Lightspeed Systems is a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners and Genstar Capital.Press Release March 6, 2025Alston & Bird Advises Lightspeed Systems on Acquisition of STOPit SolutionsAlston & Bird advised Lightspeed Systems, a global leader in online security, safety, and educational technology management solutions, on its acquisition of STOPit Solutions, a pioneer in anonymous reporting and crisis management platforms. Based in Austin, Texas, Lightspeed Systems is a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners and Genstar Capital.
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Press Release March 3, 2025Alston & Bird Advises Ready Capital on $220 Million Senior Secured Notes PlacementAlston & Bird represented Ready Capital Corporation, a leading multistrategy real estate finance company, and its indirect subsidiary, ReadyCap Holdings LLC, in the private placement of $220 million (in aggregate principal amount) of ReadyCap’s 9.375% senior secured notes due 2028.Press Release March 3, 2025Alston & Bird Advises Ready Capital on $220 Million Senior Secured Notes PlacementAlston & Bird represented Ready Capital Corporation, a leading multistrategy real estate finance company, and its indirect subsidiary, ReadyCap Holdings LLC, in the private placement of $220 million (in aggregate principal amount) of ReadyCap’s 9.375% senior secured notes due 2028.
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Press Release March 3, 2025Alston & Bird Advises Underwriting Syndicate on Essex Property’s $400 Million Senior Notes OfferingAlston & Bird advised an underwriting syndicate led by J.P. Morgan Securities on Essex Property’s $400 million offering of 5.375% senior notes due 2035. A leading multifamily real estate company, Essex Property completed the transaction on February 17.Press Release March 3, 2025Alston & Bird Advises Underwriting Syndicate on Essex Property’s $400 Million Senior Notes OfferingAlston & Bird advised an underwriting syndicate led by J.P. Morgan Securities on Essex Property’s $400 million offering of 5.375% senior notes due 2035. A leading multifamily real estate company, Essex Property completed the transaction on February 17.
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Press Release February 13, 2025Alston & Bird Increases Rankings in Chambers Global 2025Alston & Bird has been recognized in the 2025 edition of Chambers Global, with 12 practices and 24 lawyers cited for excellence.Press Release February 13, 2025Alston & Bird Increases Rankings in Chambers Global 2025Alston & Bird has been recognized in the 2025 edition of Chambers Global, with 12 practices and 24 lawyers cited for excellence.
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Press Release February 10, 2025Alston & Bird Ranked a Top Counsel to Investment Banks in 2024Corporate Control Alert – a service of The Deal that provides analysis of key Delaware case law, trends in dealmaking, activism, and regulation – has ranked Alston & Bird second among counsel to financial advisors on U.S. M&A transactions with a value of $100 million or more announced between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2024.Press Release February 10, 2025Alston & Bird Ranked a Top Counsel to Investment Banks in 2024Corporate Control Alert – a service of The Deal that provides analysis of key Delaware case law, trends in dealmaking, activism, and regulation – has ranked Alston & Bird second among counsel to financial advisors on U.S. M&A transactions with a value of $100 million or more announced between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2024.
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Press Release February 4, 2025Alston & Bird Advises Harmonia Holdings Group on Acquisition of MaverisAlston & Bird advised Harmonia Holdings Group, a leading provider of cybersecurity services to the federal government and a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners, on its acquisition of Maveris, an IT and cybersecurity company.Press Release February 4, 2025Alston & Bird Advises Harmonia Holdings Group on Acquisition of MaverisAlston & Bird advised Harmonia Holdings Group, a leading provider of cybersecurity services to the federal government and a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners, on its acquisition of Maveris, an IT and cybersecurity company.
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Speaking Engagement January 27–29, 202552nd Annual Securities Regulation InstituteDennis 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.Speaking Engagement January 27–29, 202552nd Annual Securities Regulation InstituteDennis 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.
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In the News January 23, 2025The Texas Lawbook | Texas Capital Assoc. GC Ashley Ahn’s ‘Truly Inspirational Story’: ‘We Were Boat People and Refugees’Kyle Healy is quoted on Ashley Nguyen Ahn, Texas Capital’s associate general counsel.In the News January 23, 2025The Texas Lawbook | Texas Capital Assoc. GC Ashley Ahn’s ‘Truly Inspirational Story’: ‘We Were Boat People and Refugees’Kyle Healy is quoted on Ashley Nguyen Ahn, Texas Capital’s associate general counsel.
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Press Release January 14, 2025Alston & Bird Bolsters M&A and Private Equity Practice with Two Partners in New YorkAlston & Bird has strengthened its leading Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity teams with the addition of two partners in the firm’s New York office.Press Release January 14, 2025Alston & Bird Bolsters M&A and Private Equity Practice with Two Partners in New YorkAlston & Bird has strengthened its leading Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity teams with the addition of two partners in the firm’s New York office.
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Daily Report’s 2025 Southeastern Legal Awards Laud Alston & Bird’s IP Litigation Practice, Emerging Talent
Alston & Bird’s Intellectual Property Group has been named as a finalist in the “Department of the Year, Specialty Practice Intellectual Property” recognition in Daily Report’s 2025 Southeastern Legal Awards.
Alston & Bird Advises Lightspeed Systems on Acquisition of STOPit Solutions
Alston & Bird advised Lightspeed Systems, a global leader in online security, safety, and educational technology management solutions, on its acquisition of STOPit Solutions, a pioneer in anonymous reporting and crisis management platforms. Based in Austin, Texas, Lightspeed Systems is a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners and Genstar Capital.
Alston & Bird Advises Underwriting Syndicate on Essex Property’s $400 Million Senior Notes Offering
Alston & Bird advised an underwriting syndicate led by J.P. Morgan Securities on Essex Property’s $400 million offering of 5.375% senior notes due 2035. A leading multifamily real estate company, Essex Property completed the transaction on February 17.
Alston & Bird Increases Rankings in Chambers Global 2025
Alston & Bird has been recognized in the 2025 edition of Chambers Global, with 12 practices and 24 lawyers cited for excellence.
Matt Mamak | Crossroads of Biopharma and Securities: Navigating Competing Regulatory Agency Needs
Corporate transactions partner, Matt Mamak, gives life sciences companies a peek into capital raising and securities disclosure issues specific to their industry.
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