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Adam G. Smith

Adam Smith is a partner in the Nashville office. He is a member of the firm’s Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions practice. Adam represents clients across industries in connection with corporate, merger and acquisition, and securities matters. A significant portion of his practice involves the representation of regulated financial institutions. Adam counsels both publicly traded and privately held banks and bank holding companies, and other financial services companies, with respect to mergers and acquisitions, public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, corporate governance and regulatory matters, and general day-to-day corporate and operational issues.

Adam is recognized by Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Best Lawyers in America®, and Super Lawyers® for his work in the areas of Banking and Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions.

Prior to joining the firm, Adam served as an attorney at a full-service U.S. law firm where he focused his practice on financial services, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance.

  • Recognized by Chambers USA for Banking & Finance: Regulatory in Tennessee, 2019-2024
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in Nashville
    • Lawyer of the Year for Financial Services Regulation Law, 2025
    • Banking and Finance Law, 2019-2025
    • Financial Services Regulation Law, 2018-2025
  • Named to the Mid-South Rising Stars list for Mergers & Acquisitions, 2013, 2015-2019
  • American Bar Association
  • Tennessee Bar Association
  • Nashville Bar Association 
     
  • Speaker, M&A Simulation, Acquire or Be Acquired Conference, January 2023
  • Speaker, Buy, Sell, or Survive, Tennessee/Mississippi Bankers Associations CEO/Executive Management Conference, October 2012
  • Speaker, Dodd-Frank Act, Tennessee Bankers Association, September 2010
     
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