Allison Handy
Allison Handy

Allison Handy

Partner

Seattle

206.359.3295
allison.handy@ashurstperkins.com

Introduction

Allison advises companies and boards of directors on critical corporate governance, securities law compliance, and capital markets transactions.

Allison Handy counsels companies on a broad range of issues faced by management and directors, including securities law disclosure obligations, environmental and social sustainability disclosures, stock exchange listing requirements, internal investigations, fiduciary duties, and shareholder activism matters. Her corporate clients include Alliant Energy, Lithia Motors, Microsoft, Nordstrom, Remitly, and Savers Value Village.   

Allison is a contributing editor and author of the seventh edition of The Public Company Handbook: A Corporate Governance and Disclosure Guide for Directors and Executives. She is also a contributor to the treatise Corporate Governance: Law and Practice. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Society for Corporate Governance.  

Allison is a frequent speaker and author on corporate governance and securities law topics, and she is founder of the firm's Public Chatter blog. She also leads the firm's sponsorship of the BoardReady Collective, a Seattle-based program dedicated to building board readiness for inclusive leaders. 

Education & credentials

  • The University of Chicago Law School, J.D., with honors, 2009
  • Yale University, B.A., Anthropology, cum laude, with distinction, 2004
  • Washington
  • Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, Associate, 2010-2013; Summer Associate, 2008
  • The University of Chicago Law School Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, Housing Initiative, Student Law Clerk, 2008-2009 The Honorable Richard Posner and Professor William Landes, Research Assistant 2007-2008

Professional recognition

  • Listed in Thomson Reuters “Stand-out Lawyers,” 2024

  • Ranked in Chambers USA "America’s Leading Lawyers" for Corporate: Mergers & Acquisitions, 2024-2026

  • Listed in Chambers USA as an "Up and Coming" Lawyer in Corporate: Mergers & Acquisitions, 2023

Impact

  • The Society for Corporate Governance, Board of Directors
  • The Society for Corporate Governance, Securities Law Committee Member
  • The Society for Corporate Governance, Pacific Northwest Chapter, Advisory Committee Member
  • Cascade Bicycle Club, Board of Directors, Governance Committee Chair
  • Pacific Northwest Research Institute, Board of Trustees 2015-2024
Nordstrom

Represented Nordstrom in corporate governance and securities law compliance.

Microsoft

Represented Microsoft on securities law compliance and shareholder proposal matters.

Alliant Energy Corporation

Represented Alliant Energy Corporation and its subsidiaries in public offerings of debt, including green bonds, and equity, corporate governance and securities law compliance.

PACCAR

Represented PACCAR and its subsidiary, PACCAR Financial Corp., in public debt offerings, corporate governance, and securities law compliance.

Lithia Motors, Inc.

Represented Lithia Motors in corporate governance and securities law compliance.

Tribune Publishing Company

Represented Tribune Publishing Company in corporate governance and securities law compliance.

Avalara, Inc. IPO

Represented Avalara in its initial public offering and follow-on offerings, corporate governance and securities law compliance.

Zillow Group, Inc.

Represented Zillow Group, Inc. in public and private offerings of debt and equity, corporate governance, and securities law compliance.

Acquisition of Forrest-Pruzan Creative

Represented Funko, LLC in its acquisition of Forrest-Pruzan Creative.

Sale of Outerwall

Represented Outerwall Inc. in its acquisition by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC.

Onvia, Inc

Represented Onvia, Inc. in its sale to Deltek, Inc.

Acquisition of Trulia

Represented Zillow, Inc. in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Trulia, Inc.

Key Tronic Corporation

Represented Key Tronic Corporation in its acquisition of CDR Manufacturing (d/b/a Ayrshire Electronics).

Strategic Investment in Talyst

Represented Columbia Pacific Advisors, LLC in its acquisition of the hardware division of Talyst Inc.

Acquisition of Yum Prints

Represented Yum Prints in its acquisition by Wal-Mart.

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