Robyn L. Downing

• Counsel to a U.S. subsidiary of a global renewable energy project owner and operator in the financing and development of several solar energy projects across the U.S.
• Represented a biopharmaceutical startup in a reverse merger in conjunction with a private placement of common stock.
• Advising numerous companies on securities offerings of equity and debt.
• Represented the financial advisors to Worldpay in its acquisition by Fidelity National Information Services in a $43 billion cash and stock transaction.
• Counsel to multiple U.S. biopharmaceutical clients in various stages of development.
• Assisted a Netherlands-based floricultural company with its acquisition of a U.S.-based horticultural company.
• Counsels numerous public and private companies daily on securities compliance and corporate governance.

Robyn Downing is a senior associate in Alston & Bird’s Corporate & Business Transactions Group. She counsels public and private companies through the merger and acquisition process and advises on governance matters, public offerings, and securities compliance.

Before joining Alston & Bird, Robyn interned with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement division, where she gained valuable insight into how the agency conducts investigations. In 2021, Robyn was selected as an inaugural winner of the Rising Star award at Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law.

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• Pace University (J.D., 2017)
• Marist College (B.S., 2014)