For over 85 years, the law firm of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC has provided superior client service and unsurpassed legal representation. Our more than 200 attorneys represent and advise Fortune 500 companies as well as regional and local businesses, including acting as the principal corporate counsel for approximately 30 public companies.

Our attorneys share the reputation of obtaining excellent results for our clients, whether in the courtroom, by negotiation or before governmental agencies and regulators. As a result, our attorneys have been recognized as outstanding litigators in Tennessee and nationally by publications such as Best Lawyers in America and Lawdragon. We have received a #1 ranking in Tennessee for Litigation (General Commercial) by Chambers USA, and been named the best corporate law firm in Nashville by Corporate Board Member magazine.

Our complex business litigation experience includes class action defense, corporate and securities, antitrust, product liability and intellectual property, among others. Additional areas of expertise include healthcare regulatory, commercial transactions and real estate, government relations, labor and employment, bankruptcy, employee benefits, tax and public finance/bonds, as well as extensive experience in mergers, acquisitions, public offerings, securities regulatory issues and corporate governance.

At Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, our business is to know our client’s business. We consider ourselves not only legal counsel to our clients, but business partners as well.

A few of our many representative matters include:

Lead counsel for a major retailer in successful and much-publicized prosecution of the company’s rights under a $1.6 billion merger agreement; obtained order of specific performance and ultimately achieved a favorable settlement valued at approximately $215 million prior to the commencement of a related solvency proceeding in New York federal court.

Lead counsel for a nursing home company in consolidated litigation involving a multi-fatality nursing home fire, resulting in the successful resolution of 30 of the 32 cases within one year from the date of the fire and the two remaining cases within three years. The mediator, in his report to the court, described this process as “the most successful mass tort mediation in the jurisprudence of Tennessee.”.

Defense of a major pharmaceutical company in 2,500 Federal Court lawsuits involving diet drug litigation; a team of 45 attorneys and legal professionals conducted fact discovery in the individual cases, expert selection and retention for nation-wide litigation, and discovery of plaintiff’s experts.

Representation of numerous public companies in shareholder and securities class action litigation in Tennessee.

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