Carolyn Zander Alford

Carolyn Alford represents financial institutions, funds, private equity sponsors, issuers and corporate borrowers on a wide range of complex and innovative finance matters including acquisition, unitranche, first lien/second lien and mezzanine financings, leveraged and investment-grade syndicated credit facilities, private placements of notes and asset-based lending.

While her industry experience is broad, she has an extensive track record in financing matters for healthcare, pharma, energy, telecom and media sectors. Notably, Carolyn co-leads King & Spalding's Finance & Restructuring practice and serves on the firm's managing Policy Committee.

Carolyn also has experience structuring programmatic lending platforms, and is frequently called upon by clients to advise on structuring innovative financial products and to represent their interests in workouts and out of court restructurings.

Carolyn is a fellow and past-President of the American College of Investment Counsel, where she served on the Board of Trustees for eight years, and the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers, where she has served on the Nominating Committee. As a passionate proponent for diversity, Carolyn is proud to serve on the Board of the Atlanta Women's Foundation. Carolyn also has the honor of serving as a board member of the Children's Hospital of Atlanta Foundation.

Carolyn has been recognized by her clients as “an extremely impressive attorney” and “stand out for her professionalism, expertise and dedication.” Additionally, Chambers USA has noted Carolyn as Band 1 for her Finance practice.