Corporate Control Alert – a service of The Deal that provides analysis of key Delaware case law and 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 June 30, 2025.
Partners Stuart Rogers and Aaron Dixon of Alston & Bird’s Financial Advisors Team acted as counsel to investment banks in nine qualifying transactions in the first half of 2025.
In 2025, Alston & Bird advised investment banks on qualifying deals that included:
- Altus Power Inc.’s $2.2 billion sale to TPG Inc.; Alston & Bird represented the financial advisor to Altus Power.
- Kontoor Brands’ acquisition of Helly Hansen from the Canadian Tire Corporation; Alston & Bird represented the financial advisor to Kontoor Brands.
- Intel Corporation’s $4.46 billion announced sale of a 51% stake in Altera to Silver Lake; Alston & Bird represented the financial advisor to Intel Corporation.
- The Doctors Company’s $1.3 billion acquisition of ProAssurance Corporation; Alston & Bird represented the financial advisor to The Doctors Company.
- Sanmina Corporation’s $3 billion announced acquisition of the data center infrastructure manufacturing business of ZT Systems from AMD; Alston & Bird represented the financial advisor to Sanmina Corporation.
Alston & Bird is consistently ranked among the top 10 law firms representing financial advisors in M&A deals by Corporate Control Alert, in recent years acting as counsel to investment banks in transactions with an aggregate value exceeding $1 trillion.