Stefan Kostas counsels clients on corporate issues including mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions. In addition, he represents private equity firms and portfolio companies in various transactions.
Prior to joining Bass, Berry & Sims, Stefan was an associate at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz P.C. He earned a law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law and dual undergraduate degrees in political science and international studies from the University of Florida.
Memberships
Nashville Bar Association
Tennessee Bar Association
Association for Corporate Growth, Tennessee Chapter
Memberships
Nashville Bar Association
Tennessee Bar Association
Association for Corporate Growth, Tennessee Chapter
Additional Experience
- Represented an automotive and energy manufacturer in connection with product/service agreements worth more than $1 billion.
- Represented a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider in the sale of all its capital stock to a private equity buyer.
- Represented a leading female-focused athletic brand in its sale to a private equity firm.
- Represented a precision diagnostics company in the sale of 70% of its ownership stake in a wholly owned life sciences subsidiary to an investment management firm.
- Represented a pharmaceutical company in the sale of all of its equity interests in affiliated entities to a healthcare investment management firm.
- Represented a foodservice distribution business in the sale of all of its equity interests and related real property to a publicly traded company.
- Represented a civil engineering and land planning firm in the sale of all of its equity interests to an engineering and professional services firm.
- Represented a foreign platform company of an international private equity sponsor in its acquisition of a U.S.-based medical device business.
- Represented a leading national food brand in its acquisition of the outstanding membership interests of a high-growth specialty food company.
- Represented a telecommunications cooperative in its acquisition of all of the equity interests in multiple rural fiber and broadband providers.
- Represented a leading provider of administration and technology solutions for health plans in connection with a majority growth investment from a private equity firm.
- Represented an oil and gas company in connection with a multimillion-dollar financing transaction for the drilling of oil wells in Alaska.
Media Mentions & Firm News
Additional News & Insights
Publications
- “Driving in the Digital Age: Addressing Electric Vehicles’ Privacy and Security Issues,” Financier Worldwide Magazine (July 2023)
- “Privacy and Cybersecurity Standards for NEVI Funded EV Charging Station Projects,” Daily Business Review (March 2023)
- “Privacy and Cybersecurity Issues in Electric Vehicles,” CPO Magazine (February 2023)
- “Hospital Mergers: The Symptoms of Anticompetitive Consolidation & A Routine Checkup on the Horizontal Merger Guidelines,” 31 University of Miami Business Law Review 1 (January 2023)
- “The Past, Present and Future of M&A – Assessing How the Lean Process and Artificial Intelligence Can Remedy the Pitfalls of Traditional M&A,” 24 Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law 115 (December 2022)
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Accolades
Hardwick Fellow
Legal Process Fellow
The Order of the Barristers
LawMeets Transactional Moot Court – Overall Winning Team and Best Drafting Award
Tulane Professional Football Negotiation Competition – Quarterfinalist
CALI Excellence for the Future Award – Contract Drafting; Commercial Leasing; Lawyers as Leaders; Civil Pre-Trial Litigation
Accolades
Hardwick Fellow
Legal Process Fellow
The Order of the Barristers
LawMeets Transactional Moot Court – Overall Winning Team and Best Drafting Award
Tulane Professional Football Negotiation Competition – Quarterfinalist
CALI Excellence for the Future Award – Contract Drafting; Commercial Leasing; Lawyers as Leaders; Civil Pre-Trial Litigation
