Shannon C. Baxter
Partner

1100 Peachtree Street NE Suite 2800, Atlanta, GA USA 30309

Overview

Shannon Baxter has nearly 25 years of experience representing creditors and borrowers in financing transactions. Her clients include large U.S. and non-U.S. banks, finance companies, private equity and hedge funds, and public and private companies. Shannon’s experience includes secured and unsecured credit facilities, bankruptcies, reorganizations and workouts, cross-border transactions, acquisition, recapitalization and other leveraged financings, and facilities structured to comply with Shari'ah law. She has substantial knowledge of syndicated loan transactions, first lien/second lien, mezzanine and subordinated debt facilities, subscription lines of credit, and asset-based financings. Shannon has closed transactions in a variety of industries, including aerospace, cannabis, distribution, energy, food and agribusiness, gaming, government contracting, health care, manufacturing, retail, service, sports, technology, and telecommunications.

Prior to joining the firm, Shannon was a partner in the Atlanta, Georgia office of an international law firm and member of its banking and finance practice.

While attending law school, Shannon received the 1994 Southeastern Bankruptcy Scholarship and she served as Executive Notes Editor for The Journal of Intellectual Property Law.

Shannon was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Banking and Finance Law and Commercial Finance Law in 2023 and for Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Corporate Law, and Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law in 2024 and 2025. She was listed in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Banking and Finance. Georgia Trend has selected Shannon as a “Legal Elite” in the area of Bankruptcy/Creditors’ Rights. She was nominated by Acritas Stars as a standout lawyer in its survey of nearly 4,000 general counsel and other senior leaders in legal departments around the world.

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Education

University of Georgia School of Law J.D. (1996) cum laude, Order of the Coif

University of Virginia B.A. (1992) Government

Admissions

Georgia (1996)

Professional & Community Activities

Atlanta Women’s Foundation, Volunteer

Atlanta Community Food Bank, Volunteer

OnBoard, Advocate

2019 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow

State Bar of Georgia, UCC Committee, Member

Emory School of Law, Adjunct Professor of Commercial Loan Transactions

Association of Corporate Growth, Member

Secured Finance Network, Member

Turnaround Management Association, Member

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