J Chase Cole

Practice Areas

Chase Cole is a corporate attorney in Holland & Knight's Nashville office. Business and community leaders have turned to Mr. Cole for advice and counsel throughout his distinguished legal career. Matching the entrepreneurial drive and commitment of clients in both the public and private sectors, he is known and respected for his creativity, insight and ability to get things done. He has deep experience in securities and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions with excellent board and management communication skills and an entrepreneurial focus.

Senior leadership and boards of directors in a wide range of industries – such as healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, sports and entertainment, food and beverage – seek Mr. Cole's counsel on corporate governance and compliance with regulatory and listing requirements. He also represents these companies in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, securities offerings, board and committee work and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting.

In addition, Mr. Cole has lots of experience serving as the firm’s point person for its “outsourced general counsel” service to both public and private companies that find him to be a trusted advisor who can knowledgably coordinate the resources of Holland & Knight's full-service practice.

Another aspect of his experience is mediating private company governance and ownership disputes and deadlocks, often in his role corporate general counsel. His focus on this area of practice is unique in the Middle Tennessee market place.

Chambers USA described Mr. Cole as "a leading figure in the market ... famed for his work in public offerings."

Professional Memberships

Member, National Association of Corporate Directors

Past Chair, Board of Directors and former Tennessee Chair, Society of International Business Fellows (Spirit of SIBF Award, 2014) Member, Executive Committee

Member, American Bar Association Committees on Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Federal Regulation of Securities, Corporate Governance, Private Equity and Venture Capital and Legal Opinions

Past Member, Tennessee Bar Association Corporate Law Revision Committee

Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Fellow, Nashville Bar Foundation

Former Chairman, Community Relations and Corporate and Commercial Practice Committees of the Nashville Bar Association

Chair, 2002 Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee Annual Campaign

Past Member, Vanderbilt University Law School Alumni Board

Past Member, Board of Directors of the Nashville Capital Network

Co-Chair, Host Committee ABA Section of Business Law 2005 Spring Meeting

Guest Lecturer on Public Offerings, Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management Entrepreneurship Program

Member, Steering Committee, Hospitality and Retail Practice Group

Past Member and Dean's Council, Vanderbilt University Law School Alumni Board