Alston & Bird is among the leading counsel to investment banks acting as financial advisors. The team regularly represents investment banks serving as financial advisors to parties in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, capital raises, and other complex business transactions. The Financial Advisors Team led by Stuart Rogers and Aaron Dixon has advised large and midsized financial advisors on more than $1 trillion of M&A transactions.
Before joining Alston & Bird, Stuart had served as the head of Credit Suisse’s legal group for the Americas covering investment banking. Stuart is a member of the Mergers, Acquisitions & Corporate Control Contests Committee of the New York City Bar. Aaron has served on the boards of the Atlanta Bar Association’s Business and Finance and Corporate Counsel Sections. Charles Cox, a seasoned M&A litigator with substantial experience in Delaware, provides litigation support and counseling to the team and its clients.
Alston & Bird’s Financial Advisors Team is consistently ranked in the top 10 by The American Lawyer and Corporate Control Alert among U.S. law firms representing financial advisors in M&A transactions, ranking #2 for deals announced in 2024.