Alexander "Sandy" C. Graham, Jr.

Sandy Graham's practice includes mergers and acquisitions, securities and banking, venture capital transactions, real estate development, antitrust, international business transactions, representation of national and state trade associations, and hotel development and financing.

Sandy Graham's practice includes mergers and acquisitions, securities and banking, venture capital transactions, real estate development, antitrust, international business transactions, representation of national and state trade associations, and hotel development and financing.

Mr. Graham is the firm’s representative to the International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, which fosters business relationships among its members from 24 countries. Williams Mullen is the only American member of the ICIE. The principal focus of Mr. Graham’s international practice is Eastern Europe.

The co-author of “Controlling Financial Misconduct by Bank Employees: The Effect of Financial Privacy Laws,” which appeared in The Banking Law Journal, Mr. Graham also wrote and periodically updates the article on Redevelopment and Housing Authority Law in the Virginia Local Government Attorneys Handbook. He is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars and has lectured on business organizations, international business transactions, and issues currently affecting the construction industry.

Prior to joining Williams Mullen, Mr. Graham was a partner with Hirschler, Fleischer, Weinberg, Cox & Allen in Richmond, Va. and was chairman of the firm’s 17-lawyer Business Section. While at Hirschler, Fleischer, he concentrated his efforts in mergers and acquisitions work and represented a major bank in many commercial loans. He had been with the firm since 1987.

Mr. Graham is a board committee member for the Montpelier Foundation and serves on the boards of directors of the Goochland Free Clinic, the Midlothian YMCA, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Business Council. Mr. Graham has been elected to serve as president of the Battersea Foundation Board of Directors for 2011. He is a member of the Richmond, Virginia, and American bar associations and the Virginia State Bar. In addition, Martindale Hubbell has rated Mr. Graham an AV attorney, its highest rating available.

Mr. Graham received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1975. He graduated summa cum laude from Hampden-Sydney College in 1972.