Bass, Berry & Sims | Practices | Financial Institutions

Practices Attorneys Contact Bob F. Thompson, Chair	Financial Institutions All types of financial institutions - bank holding companies, national and state banks, federal and state-chartered thrifts and insurance companies- rely on the firm's financial institutions group for special expertise and experience in advising and assisting them in their dealings with a complex regulatory environment. The group's clients range from small community banks and thrifts in Tennessee and Kentucky to large publicly held banks and insurance holding companies. The firm has represented clients before the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions, the Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions and the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance. The Financial Institutions Practice Area assists clients in many aspects of their businesses: organization of new banks; organization of new insurance companies, including captive insurance companies, HMOs and insurer-like service companies; capital raising and securities law compliance; regulatory compliance; acquisitions of or by banks, thrifts, insurance companies or their holding companies; branch purchases and acquisitions of failed institutions; advice concerning permissible non-bank activities, including securities and insurance operations; and enforcement proceedings against institutions or their officers and directors. Members of the Financial Institutions Practice Area often work with attorneys in the all firm's practice areas such as Corporate and Securities, Commercial Law, Taxation, Employee Benefits, Litigation and Governmental Relations, in assisting financial institution clients. << top < back

Financial Institutions

All types of financial institutions - bank holding companies, national and state banks, federal and state-chartered thrifts and insurance companies- rely on the firm's financial institutions group for special expertise and experience in advising and assisting them in their dealings with a complex regulatory environment.

The group's clients range from small community banks and thrifts in Tennessee and Kentucky to large publicly held banks and insurance holding companies. The firm has represented clients before the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions, the Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions and the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance.

The Financial Institutions Practice Area assists clients in many aspects of their businesses:

organization of new banks;
organization of new insurance companies, including captive insurance companies, HMOs and insurer-like service companies;
capital raising and securities law compliance;
regulatory compliance;
acquisitions of or by banks, thrifts, insurance companies or their holding companies;
branch purchases and acquisitions of failed institutions;
advice concerning permissible non-bank activities, including securities and insurance operations; and
enforcement proceedings against institutions or their officers and directors.

Members of the Financial Institutions Practice Area often work with attorneys in the all firm's practice areas such as Corporate and Securities, Commercial Law, Taxation, Employee Benefits, Litigation and Governmental Relations, in assisting financial institution clients.

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