Alan Perkins

About Alan Perkins

I developed my practical business experience and judgment while working during my pre-college years for my family’s food service distribution business, and later serving for over 30 years on its board. Today, my clients appreciate my candor and responsiveness, as well as my ability to simplify complex issues, find logical solutions, and reach mutually beneficial compromises. These skills often result in opposing principals and lawyers in a transaction referring future matters to me.

Experience

1. m & a and General Corporate Partner

   Foley & Lardner LLP

   Sep 1978 — Present · Dallas, TX, US

   I focus my practice on all types of corporate and securities transactions. I typically represent privately and closely held companies, but also public companies, private equity firms, and hedge funds, in a wide variety of industry sectors throughout the United States. Most of my clients are middle market companies, and I serve as the lead attorney in approximately ten M&A transactions annually, with enterprise values most often ranging from $50 million to $200 million or more. I also frequently represent senior executives in connection with employment and severance arrangements and from time to time Special Committees of Boards of Directors. I am consistently recognized as a leading corporate and M&A lawyer by publications such as Chambers USA, which refers to me as “a great business lawyer” who “knows how to get through the issues” and highlights that my clients appreciate my negotiation skills and common-sense approach. Other publications that have recognized me include The Best Lawyers in America and Texas Super Lawyers.

Education

• Emory University School of Law

  J.D.

  1975 — 1978

• Northwestern University

  B.A., Social Psychology

  1973 — 1975

• Clark University

  N/A, Psychology

  1971 — 1973