About Alison
Alison LaBruyere leverages her prior experience as general counsel to provide legal and regulatory counsel to private and public companies and their boards on a broad range of issues.
Her practice focuses on transactional, regulatory and compliance matters in the financial services industry. She counsels clients on mergers and acquisitions and other strategic combinations and investments, represents them in a full range of financings and securities offerings and compliance, and provides advice on corporate governance issues. She also has extensive experience in a variety of compliance and labor and employment issues.
Alison was executive vice president and general counsel for a diversified financial services holding company owning a regional community bank, traditional consumer finance company and an online consumer finance company. As general counsel, she provided strategic advice and gained broad experience in corporate, regulatory and securities law, including business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings and corporate governance. She started her legal career as an associate with an AmLaw 100 law firm based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Experience
- Advises leading financial institutions, corporations and underwriters in capital market transactions, including public offerings and private placements of numerous forms of equity, debt and hybrid securities.
- Represents companies in connection with various forms of merger and acquisition activity, including public and private mergers, asset acquisitions and stock purchases.
- Counsels public companies in SEC compliance and reporting, including advising on the preparation and filing of annual meeting materials, registration statements, and current and periodic reports.
- Advises public and private companies on various corporate governance matters, legal compliance issues and industry best practices.
- Represents and counsels financial institutions in connection with regulatory matters with state and federal regulatory bodies.
Credentials
Education
- University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., with honors,
- Furman University, B.A., magna cum laude,
Admissions
- Georgia
Expertise
Services
- Financial Services
- Capital Markets