Representative Experience
  • General Experience
    • $14.3 billion sale of SouthTrust Corporation
      Represented SouthTrust Corporation in its sale to Wachovia Corporation ($14.3 billion).
    • CapStar Bank Acquisition of American Security Bank and Trust
      Represented CapStar Bank in it's acquisition of American Security Bank and Trust in a cash-and-stock deal, creating a combined company with $880 million in assets and five branches in the Nashville metropolitan area.
    • CapStar Bank Acquisition of Branch from Community First Bank and Trust
      Represented CapStar in it's purchase of the real property on which the branch is located, the leases associated with the real property and approximately $42 million loans.
    • Divestiture of Bank Branches
      Represented AmSouth Bank in the divestiture of 52 branches representing $2.7 billion in deposits in connection with the merger of AmSouth Bancorporation and Regions Financial Corporation.
    • Harden Manufacturing Sale to Linsalata Capital
      Represented Harden Manufacturing in sale to Linsalata Capital.
    • Heritage Financial in Merger with Peoples Holding ($73 million)
      Represented Heritage Financial Corporation in connection with its merger with Peoples Holding Company (predecessor to Renasant Corporation) for aggregate consideration of approximately $73 million.
    • Initial Public Offering of Avenue Financial Holdings
      Represented Avenue Financial Holdings, the parent company of Avenue Bank, in its initial public offering.
    • Initial Public Offering of Campus Crest Communities, Inc. (NYSE: CCG)
      Represented Campus Crest Communities, Inc., a national student housing developer; in its initial public offering with approximately $380 million in proceeds. Represented affiliates of Campus Crest Communities, Inc. in numerous financing, joint venture and restructuring activities.
    • Initial Public Offering of ServisFirst Bancshares (NASDAQ: SFBS)
      Represented ServisFirst Bancshares, the parent company of ServisFirst Bank, in its initial public offering. Represented ServisFirst in its acquisition of Metro Bancshares, Inc., and regularly advises ServisFirst on securities law matters.
    • Merger of Parish National Corporation with Whitney Holding Corporation
      Represented Parish National Corporation in its sale to Whitney Holding Corporation in a transaction valued at approximately $165 million.

    • Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. acquisition of Revolution Partners, LLC
      Represented Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. in its acquisition of Revolution Partners, LLC.
    • Parish National Corporation sale to Whitney National Corporation ($165 million)
      Represented Parish National Corporation in sale to Whitney National Corporation for aggregate consideration of approximately $165 million.
    • Peoples BankTrust Sale to BancTrust
      Represented Peoples BankTrust in sale to BancTrust Financial ($153 million).
    • Proxy Contest and Merger of Cavalier Homes, Inc.
      Represented Cavalier Homes, Inc. in its proxy fight with a dissident shareholder group and its subsequent merger with Southern Energy Homes, Inc., a subsidiary of Clayton Homes, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company, for approximately $48.5 million in consideration.
    • Represented Regions Bank as Receiver from FDIC for FirstBank Financial Services
      Represented Regions Bank in connection with the purchase and assumption from the FDIC as receiver for FirstBank Financial Services, McDonough, Georgia. Approximately $270 million in total deposits.
    • Represented Regions Bank as Receiver from FDIC for Integrity Bank
      Represented Regions Bank in connection with the purchase and assumption from the FDIC as receiver for Integrity Bank, Alpharetta, Georgia. Approximately $974 million in total deposits.
    • Sale of Wachovia Bank Branches ($600 million in deposits)
      Represented Wachovia Bank in sale of branches representing a total of $600 million in deposits to R-G Crown Bank.
    • Shearwater Corporation Sale to Inhale Therapeutics
      Represented Shearwater Corporation in sale to Inhale Therapeutics ($200 million).