Banking & Finance

Our Banking attorneys advise banks, bank holding companies and other financial institutions on matters in the complex regulatory environment in which they operate. We represent financial institutions of all sizes – from large regional holding companies to smaller publicly held and closely held bank holding companies and community banks.

Our lawyers and compliance professionals have experience and expertise in state and federal regulatory and legal matters and issues affecting financial services companies. We regularly provide counsel on compliance with laws and regulations affecting safety and soundness, consumer protection, fair lending, financial products and services and business operations.

We also assist financial institutions with corporate and securities matters such as corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and securities offerings including offerings of public and private debt and equity, SEC registration and state and federal securities compliance issues.

Recent Work Highlights

• We represented a bank holding company in connection with its first underwritten public offering of securities.
• We assisted a Texas-based broker dealer as placement agent’s counsel on a series of offerings of trust securities relating to credit tenant lease financings. We assisted with all aspects of the placements and the related due diligence procedures.
• We have assisted the organizers with the formation of the first True De Novo bank in Tennessee in almost 10 years.