Erik H. Nielsen

• Counsel to financial institutions, financial-technology companies, and other payment system participants in documenting and negotiating card issuing and processing relationships.
• Counsel to an international manufacturer of industrial gas-, chemical-, and energy-related products and its wholly-owned domestic subsidiary in the acquisition of a Texas-based manufacturing company.
• Counsel to a health care information technology company in the acquisition of a health insurance eligibility and benefit information gateway.
• Counsel to a global building products company in various acquisitions, dispositions, and joint ventures in North America.
• Counsel to a leading business-to-business information services company in various corporate governance matters.
• Counsel to a provider of payment processing solutions and services in a complex transition services arrangement related to its acquisition of a line of business from one of the largest financial institutions in the U.S.
• Counsel to a global payment network in the update of the rules and procedures that apply to its participants.
• Counsel to a community bank in its efforts to comply with state-based regulatory updates governing small-dollar and online consumer lending.

Erik Nielsen is a senior associate in Alston & Bird’s Dallas office and a member of the firm’s Corporate & Business Transactions Group. He focuses his practice on mergers, acquisitions, and capital raising for clients across a variety of industries, including energy, construction, and financial services. Additionally, Erik leverages his experience in corporate transactions to counsel payment systems clients in a broad range of transactions, including the negotiation and drafting of commercial agreements related to a variety of payment methods and technologies.

Erik earned his J.D., summa cum laude, and M.B.A. from St. Mary’s University. Before joining Alston & Bird, Erik served as a summer clerk for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and as a senior associate editor of the St. Mary’s Law Journal. He received his B.A. in government and history from the University of Texas at Austin.

Bar Admissions

• Texas

Education

• St. Mary's University (J.D., 2017)
• St. Mary's University (M.B.A., 2016)
• University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 2014)