M. Hill Jeffries, Jr.

M. Hill Jeffries, Jr.


Alston & Bird LLP

Recognized since 2001

Atlanta, Georgia

Practice Areas

Corporate Law

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Securities / Capital Markets Law

Securities Regulation

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2013 - Securities Regulation Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2011 - Securities / Capital Markets Law
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Hill Jeffries' practice is focused on a variety of corporate finance transactions, including U.S. and international capital markets offerings, as well as mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation, corporate governance, and the general representation of public and private companies.

Mr. Jeffries represents companies and investment banking firms in a wide variety of corporate finance transactions. He has completed over 100 public offerings, including 25 initial public offerings, having an aggregate value of over $140 billion. Mr. Jeffries also represents public and private companies in merger and acquisition transactions. He has completed over 40 mergers, acquisitions and dispositions with consideration of over $10 billion. He also advises boards of directors and committees of directors on fiduciary duties and liabilities, change in control issues, anti-takeover strategies, crisis management, corporate governance, compliance and ethics.

Mr. Jeffries is regularly listed in a number of national and local publications as a leading corporate attorney, including Chambers USAand The Best Lawyers in America, which named Mr. Jeffries "Atlanta Lawyer of the Year" in securities law for both 2011 and 2013. BTI Consulting Group named Mr. Jeffries a 2016 “Client Service Super All-Star.”

Mr. Jeffries is the past leader of the firm's Corporate Transactions & Securities Group, former head of the firm’s Securities and Capital Markets Practice and former co-leader of the firm's overall corporate practice.

Location
  • One Atlantic Center
    1201 West Peachtree Street, Suite 4900
    Atlanta, GA 30309-3424
Education
  • University of Virginia, J.D., graduated 1980
  • University of Virginia, BA, graduated 1977
Bar Admissions
  • Georgia, State Bar of Georgia

Alston & Bird LLP
Atlanta, Georgia

224 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2013 - Securities Regulation Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2011 - Securities / Capital Markets Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Securities Regulation, Atlanta (2013)
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law, Atlanta (2011)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Securities Regulation
Special Focus:
  • Securities
Awards:
  • BTI 2016 Client Service Super All-Star

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