LaGrange native J. Hillyer Jennings was recently named to the University of Georgia’s 40 Under 40 list for 2026. The list celebrates notable young alumni who are exemplifying the university in their industries and communities. Jennings graduated from LaGrange High School in 2005 as class valedictorian and in 2009 earned a Bachelor of Business Administration at the UGA Terry College of Business and the Morehead Honors College, where he graduated first in his class. Jennings moved on from Georgia to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he earned a law degree from Harvard in 2012. Jennings’ early career has taken him from New York, London and back to Georgia, where he is a partner at the law firm King & Spalding in Atlanta. At King & Spalding, Jennings advises both public and private companies, investors and private equity firms on the complex transactions of the corporate world, including multibillion-dollar mergers, acquisitions and strategic investments. The young attorney started as a corporate associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson in New York before joining Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in London. Jennings has since returned to Georgia as a senior associate and later partner at King & Spalding. At King & Spalding, Jennings specializes in mergers, acquisitions and other significant corporate transactions. He represents public and private companies and private equity funds in a variety of M&A and corporate matters. “Outside his legal practice, Hillyer is an…
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