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G. Mark  Mamantov
Member
Knoxville
P:(865) 521-0365
F:(865) 521-6234

Education
University of Virginia - J.D., 1984
University of Tennessee - B.A., 1981

Bar Admissions
Tennessee, 1985

Memberships
Fellow, National Association of Bond Lawyers

Honors & Distinctions
Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America®; Mid-South Super Lawyers (2006-2009); Business Tennessee's Top 150 Best Lawyers 2008 in Tennessee and Commercial Real Estate Top 101 for 2007-2009
Phi Beta Kappa
Order of the Coif
Articles Editor, Virginia Law Review, 1983-1984
Law Clerk to Hon. Boyce F. Martin, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1984-1985



Mr. Mamantov is a founding Member of the firm's Knoxville office and serves as the administrator of that office. His practice is primarily transactional, with a special emphasis on tax-exempt finance. Mr. Mamantov's legal experience includes:
  • Representation of numerous cities, counties and utility districts as bond counsel
  • Serving as bond and underwriter's counsel for tax-exempt financings for non-profit health care institutions
  • Serving as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel and bank's counsel in variable rate tax-exempt bond financings, particularly for manufacturing and housing facilities
  • Representation of developers and tenants in retail, industrial and office development
  • Serving as bond counsel for multi-family housing transactions
  • Representation of lending institutions in numerous credit facilities, including large credit facilities for public companies and syndicated credit facilities
  • Representation of issuers and developers in connection with tax abatement and other economic development incentives
  • Representing governmental entities and businesses in tax increment and special assessment financing transactions

Mr. Mamantov graduated in 1981 from the University of Tennessee, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1984. In law school, Mr. Mamantov served as articles editor of the Virginia Law Review and was selected for the Order of the Coif. Immediately following law school, he clerked for Judge Boyce F. Martin on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He then joined the Knoxville office of Hunton & Williams, where he was an associate until 1990. Mr. Mamantov is listed in The Best Lawyers in America®. Business Tennessee magazine has named him one of the best lawyers in the state of Tennessee every year since 2004, and recognized him as one of Tennessee’s 101 leaders in commercial real estate since 2007.

Mr. Mamantov has served on a number of civic boards. He is presently a board member and secretary of the Webb School of Knoxville, a board member and the past president of the Knoxville Symphony Society and a board member of the Tennessee Theatre Foundation. He was formerly a board member of the East Tennessee Foundation, the Knoxville Bar Association and the National Association of Bond Lawyers. Mr. Mamantov has served as chairman of the Bond Attorneys' Workshop and the Fundamentals of Municipal Bond Law seminars and is presently serving as vice chairman of the Tax and Securities Law Institute, all of which are presented by the National Association of Bond Lawyers.