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Tatjana Paterno

Tatjana Paterno

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Nashville
(615) 742-7928
tpaterno@bassberry.com
https://www.bassberry.com/professionals/paterno-tatjana/

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Tatjana Paterno counsels private equity funds and their portfolio companies, strategic acquirers and multinational publicly traded corporations in the structuring, negotiation and consummation of acquisition transactions. To date, Tatjana has closed more than $22 billion in M&A transactions and more than $25 billion in overall transactions. Her practice focuses on companies within the healthcare and healthcare IT, cybersecurity, manufacturing, food and beverage, entertainment and technology industries, among others. Tatjana frequently advises management, boards and special committees on corporate governance and public company disclosure matters.

Tatjana is focused on achieving efficient, practical solutions for her clients and was recently commended by a client as being “phenomenal to work with” and “being very practical, technically astute,” and seeing the deal through “the lens of the client.” Another client praised her as being “one of a handful of M&A advisory rock stars that I have ever worked with.”

Tatjana is a chair of the 2021 and 2019 Private Target Deal Points Studies published by the American Bar Association’s M&A Committee. This study has been widely recognized as the gold standard for market metrics of key negotiated legal issues in M&A agreements. Tatjana is a frequent speaker on M&A topics and has been quoted and published on M&A matters in local and national media, such as Nashville Business Journal, DirectorCorps, ValueWalk and Mergermarket/Toppan Merrill.

Memberships

Association for Corporate Growth (Tennessee) — Board President (2023); Board of Directors (2018–present); Mid-South Capital Connections, Committee Chair (2021-2022)

Friends of Radnor Lake — Board of Directors (2012–2016)

United Way of Metropolitan Nashville — Young Leaders Council (2012–2015)

American Bar Association — M&A Committee

American Health Law Association (AHLA)

Young Leaders Council — Spring Class 58

Representative Experience

Publications

Past Events

Media Mentions & Firm News

Accolades

The Best Lawyers in America© — Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2022-2023)

Kayo — Top 21 in 21: Women in Healthcare Investing (2021)

The M&A Advisor “Emerging Leader, Legal Advisor Category” (2016)

Mid-South Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” (2012-2017)

Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) — Fellow (2017)

Texas Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” (2010)

SMU Law Review — Associate Managing Editor

Judicial Extern to the Honorable Sidney A. Fitzwater, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas

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Education

  • Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law - J.D.

    summa cum laude
    Order of the Coif

  • The University of Texas at Dallas - B.A.

    summa cum laude

Admissions

  • Tennessee
  • Texas (inactive)
2016 Emerging Leader