Cait Haygood

• Bond counsel for SK Battery – Jackson County Industrial Development Authority on a $2.6 billion battery manufacturing facility.
• Counsel to the State of Georgia in the closing of nearly $7 billion in general obligation bonds.
• Closed billions of dollars in taxable and tax-exempt financings as bond counsel, issuer’s counsel, and company counsel.

Caitlin Haygood is an associate with Alston & Bird’s Real Estate Group. Cait has years of experience helping clients navigate public finance law with respect to economic development incentive projects. She has experience representing clients in numerous industries including state and local governments and authorities, financial institutions, hospitals, power utility systems, education institutions, and private companies.

Before joining the firm, Cait served as a lobbyist in government affairs for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta where she promoted the public policy and legislative initiatives for the nation’s largest pediatric health care system. She started her career as the public affairs coordinator and later served as the deputy press secretary for the Georgia Secretary of State.

Cait has been listed as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• Georgia State University (J.D., 2020)
• University of Georgia (M.A., 2012)
• Auburn University (B.A., 2010)

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