International Comparative Legal Guides | Alston & Bird Hires LA Consumer Finance Partner

Alston & Bird has expanded its consumer financial services capabilities with the addition of John Redding as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Arriving from financial services boutique Buckley LLP, he brings more than 25 years of in-house and private practice experience advising clients on consumer finance investigative, regulatory, and enforcement actions by the federal government and state attorneys general.

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 has enhanced its Real Estate Group by adding partners Jim Kousoulas and James Litwinovich to the firm’s Los Angeles office. Jim and James help guide real estate clients through a variety of complex loan transactions and litigation management strategies, with extensive experience working with a variety of lenders.

Alston & Bird represented Pathstone, a New Jersey–based wealth management advisor, in its acquisition of Brainard Capital Management, an independent advisory boutique located in Austin, Texas, as well as in its new strategic private equity investment from Kelso & Company and its additional private equity investment from Lovell Minnick Partners (LMP).

Alston & Bird represented Modern Wealth Management, a national registered investment advisory (RIA) firm, in its launch with an investment of $200 million from funds managed by Crestview Partners.