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Education

Harvard Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 1988

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., with highest honors in Economics, 1985, Phi Beta Kappa; Morehead Scholar; Truman Scholar; Walter S. Spearman Award (outstanding man in graduating class); Undergraduate Prize in Economics

Profile

Allen Robertson has led the firm as managing partner since 2015 while maintaining an active practice. In 2020 he was re-elected to serve a second five-year term.

Allen is recognized as a public finance lawyer of regional and national distinction, and is one of only two North Carolina lawyers to have served as president of the National Association of Bond Lawyers. Over the last 25 years, Allen has become particularly known for his work with nonprofit health care providers, including leading health systems, community hospitals and senior living facilities, in tax-exempt and taxable financings and strategic transactions. He also has substantial experience in financings for nonprofit educational institutions.

Allen represents banks and broker-dealers in underwriting, placing and remarketing securities, making loans, and providing letters of credit and liquidity facilities. He has extensive experience in the senior living industry, serving as general counsel for nonprofit and for-profit providers and representing buyers and sellers in merger and acquisition transactions.

He began his career at Robinson Bradshaw as a bankruptcy lawyer and litigator representing debtors and creditors in Chapter 11 cases, and continues to provide bankruptcy structuring advice and opinions in transactions and workouts.

Honors & Awards

  • Chambers USA, public finance, 2004-23; bankruptcy/restructuring, 2007-09 
  • The Best Lawyers in America, public finance, 2003-24; Charlotte Public Finance Lawyer of the Year, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2024
  • North Carolina Super Lawyers, banking, 2008-13; government finance, 2014-24
  • North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, "Managing Partners to Watch" Power List, 2023
  • Business North Carolina, Power List, 2021-23
  • Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated

Clerkships

  • Law Clerk, The Honorable James B. McMillan, U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina, 1988-89

Experience

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Affiliations

Professional Affiliations

  • National Association of Bond Lawyers
    • President, 2013-14; President-Elect, 2012-13; Immediate Past President, 2014-15
    • Board of Directors, 2008-09, 2010-15
    • Bond Attorneys’ Workshop, Steering Committee: Chair, 2009; First Vice Chair, 2008; Second Vice Chair, 2007; Opinions Panel Chair, 2004-06
    • "The Function and Professional Responsibilities of Bond Counsel" (3d ed. 2011), Co-Chair
    • 2003 Model Bond Opinion Report Update Project, Co-Chair, 2019-Present
  • American College of Bond Counsel, Fellow
  • Working Group on Legal Opinions Foundation
    • Board of Directors, 2015-Present
    • National Association of Bond Lawyers, Representative, 2009-Present

Community Affiliations

  • Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, 2017-Present
  • Historic Elmwood Pinewood, Inc., Board of Directors, 2019-Present
  • Friends of Scouting Leadership Dinner, Steering Committee, 2004
  • Christ Episcopal Church, Sunday School Teacher, 1996-98
  • Leadership Charlotte, Class 15
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