Alternative investment vehicles (formation; review for institutional investors)
Real estate (REITs and RELPs)
Hospitality
Marlee Mitchell is a partner in the firm's corporate practice and a member of the firm’s multidisciplinary financial services group. Ms. Mitchell has extensive securities law and corporate finance practice experience which includes underwritten equity and debt public securities offerings, private placements, joint ventures, TARP/CPP financings, going private transactions, investment fund formation, federal and state broker-dealer and investment adviser regulatory compliance matters and Tennessee Securities Division contested case issues. She is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® (Woodward White, Inc.), America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (Chambers & Partners) and Tennessee’s Best 150 Lawyers - 2009 (Business Tennessee) for her work in securities and corporate law.
Ms. Mitchell directs the firm’s securities and corporate governance work for its community bank clients. Recent engagements include collaborating with forensic accountants and attorneys in the firm’s litigation practice to represent audit committees in connection with special investigations into potential insider trading, short-swing profit violations and SEC and SIGTARP subpoenas.
Ms. Mitchell's practice also includes providing counsel on alternative investments by institutional investors, corporate law and governance, and real estate securities offerings, with an emphasis on securities offerings by public REITS and private real estate limited partnerships.
Education
J.D., cum laude, University of Tennessee, 1983
B.A., Rhodes College, 1980
Clerkships and Previous Affiliations
Staff Attorney, Securities Division, Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, 1986-1989
Professional Activities
Member, Committees on Federal Regulation of Securities and State Regulation of Securities, Business Law Section, American Bar Association
Former American Bar Association Liaison to the North American Securities Administrators Association Corporate Finance Section; Tennessee liaison to the State Regulation of Securities Committee
Member, Tennessee Bar Association's Corporation and Business Law Section
Service Member, American Bankers Association
Member, Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society
Former Adjunct Professor teaching securities regulation, University of Tennessee College of Law
Recognized in America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (Chambers & Partners)
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward White, Inc.)
Recognized in Tennessee’s Best 150 Lawyers - 2009 (Business Tennessee)
Member, National Association of Public Pension Attorneys
Civic and Other Activities
Member and Corporate Secretary, Board of Directors, Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee, Inc.
Member, Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors, Historic Rugby, Inc.
