Allison M. Ryan

Allison M. Ryan

Atlanta, GA recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013
Alston & Bird LLP

266 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Real Estate Law

Biography

Allison M. Ryan is the co-leader of Alston & Bird’s Real Estate Finance & Investment Group, composed of more than 50 attorneys who guide complex transactions nationwide. She represents institutions, investors and developers in equity and development transactions across the U.S.

Allison is a dealmaker committed to multiyear and multideal relationships with her clients. She invests in fully understanding her clients’ businesses and goals. She leads all types of real estate transactions for these clients, including high-profile acquisitions and dispositions, financings, joint ventures, ground-up developments and leasing. Allison’s deals often focus on urban, mixed-use projects in major U.S. markets.

With her clients’ best interests in mind, Allison brings parties together at the negotiating table while keeping a firm grasp of technical matters. For close to 20 years, she has built trust and identified practical solutions that move transactions forward. Chambers USAreports that Allison is “one of the most technically proficient attorneys … she is a brilliant business person … and is also a very good negotiator.”
Alston & Bird LLP

266 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • The University of Michigan Law School, J.D., graduated 1997

  • Georgia, State Bar of Georgia

  • The Bridge Atlanta, board of directors - Member
  • Commercial Real Estate Women - Member
  • National Association of Women Lawyers - Member
  • State Bar of Georgia - Member
  • Georgia, State Bar of Georgia
  • The Bridge Atlanta, board of directors - Member
  • Commercial Real Estate Women - Member
  • National Association of Women Lawyers - Member
  • State Bar of Georgia - Member
  • The University of Michigan Law School, J.D., graduated 1997

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Real Estate Law
Awards:
  • Chambers USA - Regularly listed since 2006
  • GA Super Lawyers, Rising Star - Repeat Listings

Additional Information

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Case History

Transactions
  • Equity Acquisitions & Sales
10-year representation for private real estate firm in Class A office transactions in Manhattan, the District of Columbia and California, including acquisitions, financing and dispositions
  • Mixed Use Development
Counsel to developer in multi-phase $1 billion+ mixed-use project in Atlanta.
  • Resort Acquisition
Represented Fortune 100 Company in its acquisition of a AAA Five Diamond hotel, golf courses, marinas, and 1,000s of acres of developable land in a single transaction from multiple Sellers.

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