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Alston & Bird represented Texas-based Industry Bancshares and its six subsidiary banks in their acquisition by Cadence Bank, a Mississippi-based financial services company. Under the agreement, Cadence Bank will pay between $20 million and $60 million in cash for Industry Bancshares’ outstanding common stock.

Alston & Bird represented FB Financial Corporation, the Tennessee-headquartered parent company of FirstBank, in its $381 million acquisition of Alabama-headquartered Southern States Bancshares Inc., the parent company of Southern States Bank.

Alston & Bird represented T2S Solutions, a founder-led provider of advanced technologies that support U.S. defense, intelligence, and national security missions, on its acquisition of Blue Marble Communications, a leading provider of space-qualified communications and computing technologies. Headquartered in Belcamp, Maryland, T2S Solutions is a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners.

Alston & Bird is pleased to announce that Stuart Rogers and Jeremy Silverman, partners in the firm’s Corporate & Business Transactions Group, have been recognized by MergerLinks in its annual list of leading lawyers who have advised on the most valuable M&A deals in North America.

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.

Corporate 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.

Stuart Rogers joins the February 5 panel “Issues Involving M&A Advisors” during this two-day program hosted by Practicing Law Institute (PLI).

Alston & 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.

Our Antitrust and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups analyze this year’s Hart–Scott–Rodino (HSR) Act adjustments and the future of pending HSR rules.

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.