Jeff Zachman

Martin Dozier’s broad experience advising public and private investment funds on complex securities and structuring matters includes more than $30 billion in capital-raising transactions. An active participant in investment management organizations and a frequent speaker, he provides insight to fund sponsors and investment management companies seeking to structure innovative investment fund offerings. He focuses on representing closed-end registered investment companies, including inter...

Scott Laseter´s practice has included litigation, regulatory and transactional aspects of environmental law. For the last dozen years, he has devoted a substantial portion of his practice to manufactured gas plant issues ranging from investigation and remediation oversight to cost recovery, insurance coverage and common law litigation. In recent years, he has also devoted a substantial portion of his practice to representing publicly traded real estate companies, parties to CMBS transac...

Marc H. Bardack is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants and Transportation Law. Marc H., who practices law in Atlanta, Georgia, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Marc H. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Key players in the financial services industry, including banks, mortgage companies, and wealth management and investment advisory firms, rely on Chris to guide them through business combination and securities transactions, as well as ownership transition and succession planning transactions. His knowledge is also sought on corporate governance matters and new business formation and registration. Chris Frieden, former co-chair of Alston & Bird’s Financial Services & Products Gro...

Matthew F. Roberts is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Banking and Finance Law. Matthew F., who practices law in Atlanta, Georgia, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Matthew F. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Liz Buckley represents banks and other financial institutions in single-lender and syndicated commercial debt financing transactions. Liz represents banks and other financial institutions in single-lender and syndicated commercial debt financing transactions, such as revolving and term loan credit facilities, and advises clients regarding structuring of financing transactions.

Brian M. Gordon is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Brian M., who practices law in Atlanta, Georgia, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Brian M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Shelly Jacobs Ellerhorst is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Environmental. Shelly Jacobs, who practices law in Atlanta, Georgia, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Shelly Jacobs is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Areas of Concentration Entertainment law Securities Legal malpractice

Rick Horder has engaged in the practice of environmental law and litigation for nearly forty years. As an Assistant United States Attorney from 1974 to 1977, he represented the U.S. EPA in numerous water and NEPA cases. From 1978 to 1989, he was Regional Counsel, and later Associate General Counsel, for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, where he was responsible for all environmental and toxic tort compliance and litigation company-wide. In 1989, he joined Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, a large Atlanta l...