Allison J. Donovan

Allison J. Donovan is a member of Stoll Keenon Ogden’s Lexington, Kentucky office and has been with the firm since 2006. She concentrates on Business Services, Banking, and Mergers & Acquisitions while also working in real estate, securities and corporate governance, emerging business and venture capital, and related areas. Allison advises financial institutions, companies, and other clients on matters ranging from entity formation and capital raising to financing, acquisitions, and regulatory compliance.

Allison earned her J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2006 and a B.A., summa cum laude, from Eastern Kentucky University in 2003. Her education supports a transactional and regulatory practice that requires careful analysis of business structures, financing arrangements, securities rules, lending regulations, and government approvals. She is admitted in Kentucky and has developed a practice that connects general corporate counseling with the specialized needs of banks and other regulated financial institutions.

Her business services work includes entity formation, private placements, crowdfunding, mergers, acquisitions, and other business combinations. Allison drafts and negotiates agreements, prepares closing documents, and assists with regulatory approvals. In banking matters, she counsels on supervisory and enforcement issues and lending regulations, including Regulations O, W, and Y. She has represented public and private entities before the Federal Reserve, FDIC, OCC, and Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions and has particular experience with community banks.

Allison J. Donovan has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in several business and finance categories and was named a Kentucky Rising Stars honoree for multiple years. She has also served in professional and community leadership roles, including with the Kentucky Bar Foundation and Kentucky Bankers Association. Her practice combines deal execution with regulatory awareness, helping financial institutions and businesses structure transactions, obtain approvals, and address legal issues connected to growth, financing, ownership changes, and real estate.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC
• Member, Kentucky Bar Association
• Director/Vice-President, Kentucky Bar Foundation
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Fayette County Bar Association
• Former Board Member, American Heart Association, Lexington Chapter
• Member, Kentucky Bankers Association Bank Counsel Division
• Member, Leadership Central Kentucky (2013-2014)

Licensed State

• Kentucky

Education

• University of Kentucky College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Eastern Kentucky University
  Bachelor’s Degree Summa Cum Laude

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