Kevin H. Douglas

Member

Nashville

(615) 742-7767

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Kevin H. Douglas

Kevin H. Douglas

Member

Nashville

(615) 742-7767

kdouglas@bassberry.com

https://www.bassberry.com/professionals/douglas-kevin-h/

Kevin Douglas has deep experience representing public companies on corporate and securities laws related matters in various industries. Kevin’s public company practice focuses on corporate governance matters, securities laws compliance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and shareholder activism. His representative experience has ranged from providing SEC disclosure advice to the audit committee of a Fortune 100 company to representing an NYSE-listed company in connection with its $4.3 billion acquisition by another public company to representing another NYSE-listed company in connection with its issuance of $2.2 billion in senior notes. Kevin has also represented private companies in a wide variety of mergers and acquisition, corporate finance, and other corporate law matters. Kevin served as chair of the Corporate & Securities Practice Group from 2018-2021.

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American Bar Association

American Health Law Association (AHLA)

Kevin Douglas has deep experience representing public companies on corporate and securities laws related matters in various industries. Kevin’s public company practice focuses on corporate governance matters, securities laws compliance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and shareholder activism. His representative experience has ranged from providing SEC disclosure advice to the audit committee of a Fortune 100 company to representing an NYSE-listed company in connection with its $4.3 billion acquisition by another public company to representing another NYSE-listed company in connection with its issuance of $2.2 billion in senior notes. Kevin has also represented private companies in a wide variety of mergers and acquisition, corporate finance, and other corporate law matters. Kevin served as chair of the Corporate & Securities Practice Group from 2018-2021.

Memberships

American Bar Association

American Health Law Association (AHLA)

Representative Experience
  • Disclosure Counsel for Audit Committee of Board of Directors of Bank of America
    We were engaged in 2010 to serve as independent disclosure counsel to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors...
  • i3 Verticals Sold Merchant Services to Payroc WorldAccess
    We represented i3 Verticals (Nasdaq: IIIV), a software and technology company in healthcare, education, and public sectors, in its sale...
  • Reinsurance Group of America Public Offering

    Representation of Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (RGA), a leading global provider of traditional life and health reinsurance and financial solutions in its $650,000,000 public offering of 5.750% senior notes due 2034. Underwriters included BofA Securities, Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.

  • Reinsurance Group of America Senior Notes Offering of $400 Million

    Represented Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated in its $400,000,000 public offering of 6.000% senior notes due 2033.

  • Technology Transactions for an AI Platform

    We represent Lirio, an artificial intelligence platform that drives better health outcomes through person-centered communication, in the drafting and negotiation of various IP and technology-related contracts, including customer agreements, digital services agreements, and licensing agreements.

  • Shoals Technologies Group Initial Public Offering

    We represented Dean Solon, the founder of Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. (backed by Oaktree Capital), a leading solar-power components maker, in connection with Shoals’ initial public offering (IPO) of 88.5 million shares of Class A common stock for a total net proceeds of more than $2.2 billion. The shares began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “SHLS” on January 27, 2021. Bass Berry & Sims has represented Shoals since the 2016 recapitalization transaction with Oaktree Capital.

     

  • HealthStream Acquires ANSOS Staff Scheduling

    We represented HealthStream (Nasdaq: HSTM), a leading provider of workforce and provider solutions for the healthcare industry, in its $67.5 million cash acquisition of Change Healthcare’s staff scheduling business, which includes ANSOS™ Staff Scheduling application and related products. Together, ANSOS with recent acquisitions, ShiftWizard and NurseGrid, will represent HealthStream’s portfolio of nurse and staff scheduling solutions and helps establish them as the market leader in healthcare workforce scheduling business.

  • Accel-KKR Acquires Forcura, LLC

    Representation of Forcura, LLC, a healthcare technology that facilitates continuity of care, in its sale to Accel-KKR, a Silicon Valley-based technology-focused private equity firm

  • Addus HomeCare Completes Four Acquisitions, Public Stock Offering

    Represented Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) in four strategic acquisitions and in its underwritten public offering of 2.3 million shares of common stock in 2019.

  • Pace Payment Systems Sold to i3 Verticals

    Represented Pace Payment Systems, Inc. in its sale to i3 Verticals, Inc. for $52.7 million

  • Engility Holdings Merges with SAIC for $2.5 Billion

    Represented Engility Holdings in its merger with Science Applications International Corp. in which SAIC acquired Engility in an all-stock transaction valued at $2.5 billion

  • Change Healthcare Investment in MDSave

    Representation of Change Healthcare in its strategic investment for a minority position in MDsave, a technology and healthcare payments company that simplifies the healthcare services shopping and payment experience for consumers

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Accolades

The Best Lawyers in America© — Corporate Law (2013-2025)

IFLR1000 — Notable Practitioner (2019-2021)

Vanderbilt Law Review — Member (1996-1998)

Accolades

The Best Lawyers in America© — Corporate Law (2013-2025)

IFLR1000 — Notable Practitioner (2019-2021)

Vanderbilt Law Review — Member (1996-1998)