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.
• Advises 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 an associate in Alston & Bird’s Corporate & Business Transactions Group. She assists public and private companies with governance concerns and general corporate needs, including securities offerings and 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.

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

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