Richard F. Mattern
Richard Mattern represents both public and private companies in a variety of corporate and securities law matters, helping clients achieve goals that support their overall strategic initiatives.
As primary corporate and securities counsel to several NYSE- and Nasdaq-listed companies, he has represented clients in transactions ranging from $10 million to $1.4 billion as well as securities offerings ranging from $4 million to $6 billion. He also counsels private companies on capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate matters related to their business objectives.
Richard works within a range of industries, with a particular focus in medical device, real estate investment trust (REIT) and manufacturing. His practice includes:
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Corporate governance
- SEC regulatory reporting and compliance
- Corporate finance
Prior to joining Bass, Berry & Sims, Richard was a shareholder in the Memphis office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz P.C.
Memberships
Tennessee Bar Association
American Bar Association – Business Law Section, Committee on Mergers & Acquisitions
American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)
Junior Achievement – Board of Directors (2015-2018)
The Children’s Museum of Memphis – Board of Directors (2017-2018)
Representative Experience
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Represented Wright Medical Group in its Acquisition of Cartiva, Inc.
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Represented American Investment Funds I, LLC, parent company to American Tubing Arkansas, LLC, in its sale to Sanhua International, Inc.
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Represented Mid-America Apartments, L.P. in a public offering of $400,000,000 of 4.200% senior notes due 2028.
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Represented NN, Inc. (Nasdaq: NNBR) in its acquisition of Paragon Medical
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Represented NN, Inc. in the acquisition of the assets of Bridgemedica, LLC
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Represented NN, Inc. in its acquisition of a medical instruments and implants supplier
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Represented Education Realty Operating Partnership, LP in a private offering of senior unsecured notes totaling $150 million
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Represented NN, Inc. in its sale of the Precision Bearing Components Group to Tsubaki Nakashima Co. for $388 million
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Represented designer and wholesaler of residential home accessories in its sale to CID Capital Opportunity Fund II
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Represented Mid-America Apartments, L.P. in its public offering of $600 million senior notes
Publications
Media Mentions & Firm News
Accolades
The M&A Advisor “Emerging Leader, Legal Advisor Category” (2018)
Best Lawyers in America® — Securities/Capital Markets Law (2019)
Previous Experience
Securities Offerings
- Represented public medical device manufacturer in connection with a $20 million initial public offering.
- Represented public medical device manufacturer in connection with a $4 million private note offering.
- Represented public medical device manufacturer in connection with a $10 million private placement of common stock and warrants.
- Represented public medical device manufacturer in connection with a $5 million private placement of common stock and warrants.
- Represented public multi-family apartment REIT in connection with multiple continuous equity offerings of up to $1.5 billion, in the aggregate, of common stock.
- Represented international event company in connection with $7.5 million secured credit facility.
- Represented public multi-family apartment REIT in connection with public debt offerings of $350 million, $400 million and $400 million, respectively.
- Represented diversified industrial company in connection with a $300 million 144A private placement of high yield senior notes.
- Represented international event company in connection with a $5 million private placement of senior secured notes and preferred stock.
- Represented public national bank holding company in connection with the offering of subordinated debt and bank notes in excess of $6 billion.
- Represented public company in two $5 million private placements of public equity.
M&A Transactions
- Represented public medical device manufacturer in connection with a $35 million strategic acquisition.
- Represented public medical device manufacturer in connection with a sale of a division.
- Represented public medical device manufacturer in connection with a sale of certain intellectual property.
- Represented public multi-family apartment REIT in connection with an $8.6 billion merger transaction on Form S-4.
- Represented public, non-traded self-storage REIT in connection with $1.4 billion cash-out merger.
- Represented public, non-traded office and industrial REIT in connection with a $600 million merger transaction on Form S-4.
- Represented public luxury goods retailer on Tennessee corporate law matters in connection with cash-out merger.
- Represented public national bank holding company in $300 million divestiture of mortgage division.
- Represented public national bank holding company in $450 million divestiture of credit card processing subsidiary.
- Represented public national bank holding company in connection with an $11 million merger transaction on Form S-4.
