Mark C. Kanaly

Mark C. Kanaly


Alston & Bird LLP

Recognized since 2012

Atlanta, Georgia

Practice Areas

Banking and Finance Law

Corporate Law

Financial Services Regulation Law

Securities / Capital Markets Law

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Mark is the Chair of the firm's Financial Services & Products Group, focusing on the representation of banks and other financial institutions, as well as real estate investment vehicles, such as REITs. Mark assists these companies with private and public securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, underwritings, corporate formations and restructurings, recapitalizations, corporate governance and a host of related complex regulatory issues.

In the current economic cycle, Mark has worked on some of the most innovative and recognized banking and real estate transactions in the country. In addition, he has counseled a host of distressed financial institutions and their boards of directors, as they have grappled with the challenges posed by the current financial and real estate environment.

Mark is a nationally recognized speaker on banking and real estate investment topics and his comments are regularly covered in the banking, real estate and general business press. He is a regular contributor to banking and real estate periodicals and industry conferences. Mark is listed as a leading corporate attorney in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and The Best Lawyers in America.

He received a J.D. from the University of Oklahoma in 1996, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and received five American Jurisprudence Awards (for receiving the highest grade in a course). Mark graduated, cum laude, from the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1993 with a B.S.E. in finance.

Location
  • One Atlantic Center
    1201 West Peachtree Street, Suite 4900
    Atlanta, GA 30309-3424
Education
  • University of Oklahoma, J.D., graduated 1996
  • University of Pennsylvania, B.S.E, graduated 1993
Bar Admissions
  • Georgia, State Bar of Georgia
  • Oklahoma, Oklahoma Bar Association
Affiliations
  • America's Community Bankers (ACB) - Member
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) - Member
  • Atlanta Bar Association - Member
  • CFO Roundtable - Member
  • Community Bankers Association of Georgia (CBA) - Member
  • Georgia Bankers Association (GBA) - Member
  • National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) - Member
  • National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) - Member
  • Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals - Member

Alston & Bird LLP
Atlanta, Georgia

224 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Securities / Capital Markets Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law, Atlanta (2022)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
Awards:
  • Mark is listed as a leading corporate attorney in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and The Best Lawyers in America.
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Corporate Governance Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Securities Regulation

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