Mr. Michael Giacomo Parisi

Alston & Bird LLP

Mike Parisi is chair of Alston & Bird’s Corporate Debt Finance Team. He leads private credit lenders, bank lenders, corporate borrowers, and private equity sponsors in structuring, negotiating, and documenting a variety of asset-based and cash-flow lending transactions, including leveraged buyouts and acquisition financings. Mike has extensive experience in acquisition financing, cross-border financing, unitranche financings, intercreditor and inter-lender issues, debt restructurings and special situations, and secured creditor and bankruptcy rights. His experience extends across a wide range of industries, including software, technology, health care, restaurants and other franchised business models, marine services, retail and consumer products, metals and mining, and manufacturing.

Mike is featured as one of the leading Georgia lawyers for banking and finance in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. He is named to The Best Lawyers in America® for banking and finance law (2019–2026), commercial finance law (2023–2026), commercial transactions/UCC law (2022–2026) and was named the Atlanta “Lawyer of the Year” for commercial transactions/UCC law. He is listed as “highly regarded” by IFLR1000 for Asset Finance and Banking. Mike regularly publishes or contributes to articles in Practical Law, and he is a frequent speaker on Debtwire podcasts.