Helena Gu

• Represented Ready Capital Corporation in signing a definitive merger agreement to combine with Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation, a specialty finance REIT, and the creation of a combined company with a pro forma equity capital base in excess of $1 billion.
• Represented Broadstone Net Lease Inc. in entering into a definitive agreement with its external manager, Broadstone Real Estate LLC and its affiliates, to internalize BNL's management through a series of transactions involving Broadstone Real Estate's acquisition by BNL's operating company, Broadstone Net Lease LLC.
• Advised clients through review and drafting of SEC filings, including 10-Ks, 10-Qs, 8-Ks, S-4s, and proxy disclosure documents.
• Advised clients on numerous corporate governance issues pertaining to effective board governance and drafted multiple board policies, board strategic plans, bylaws, articles of incorporation (AOI), amendments to bylaws and AOI, and resolutions for board consideration and action.

Helena Gu is an associate in Alston & Bird’s Financial Services & Products Group, where she is a member of both the firm’s Real Estate Investment Trust Team and the Investment Management, Trading & Markets Team. She represents real estate companies, including listed and non-listed REITs, real estate funds, and investment management firms.

Before joining Alston & Bird, Helena served as a law clerk in the Office of the Attorney General of Tennessee and as a judicial extern for the Honorable Leslie Abrams of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Helena earned her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and her B.A. in political science from Emory University.

Languages

• Mandarin Chinese

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 2019)
• Emory University (B.A., 2014)

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