Mary Neil Price
Member
PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS
Serves as counsel for mergers and acquisitions of publicly-traded banks and bank holding companies.
Transactional experience in a variety of industries including manufacturing, construction, hospitality and health care.
Experience with regulatory compliance, TARP Capital Purchase Program transactions, formation and capitalization of financial and non-financial commercial businesses, certification of women business enterprises and disadvantaged business enterprises.
Intellectual property experience with copyrights and trademarks.
Supervised legal and compliance departments of NYSE multi-bank holding company
Handled bank and non-bank acquisitions.
Experience with securities compliance and investor relations, executive compensation, incentive plans, employee benefits, employee relations, risk management, reinsurance contracts, director and officer insurance risk retention group.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
Synovus Financial Corp.Farmers and Merchants BankPinnacle National BankTennessee Educational Lottery CorporationFirst Tennessee BankFirst Federal Savings BankFirst Southern State BankTri-Shell Enterprises, LLCThe Tennessee Performing Arts CenterPROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
- Tennessee Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
- Lawyers Association for Women
- Southeast Community Capital Board of Directors
- National Association of Women Business Owners (Nashville Chapter Board of Directors)
- American Bar Association Banking Law Committee
- Nashville Center for Conflict Resolution
- Tennessee Bankers Association Credit Committee
- Tennessee Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
- Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Center for Nonprofit Management
- Tennessee Performing Arts Center
- Habitat for Humanity
- Martha O'Bryan Center
- Ensworth School
- Vanderbilt Children's Hospital
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Publications
- Bank Fraud- A Sign of the Times (Tennessee Bankers Association)
- In God We Trust – Everyone Else We Audit (Tennessee Bankers Association)
Presentations
- Corporate Governance and Enterprise Risk Management
- The Banking Crisis and Regulatory Restructuring
- Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF)
- Preparing for Your Next Safety and Soundness Regulatory Examination
- Bank Director Responsibilities in an Economic Downturn
- Conflict Resolution – the Victim/Offender Reconciliation Approach
- The Implications of Sarbanes-Oxley for Nonprofits
- Basic Contracts for Business Owners
- Legal Issues for Charitable Organizations
- The Artist/Gallery Relationship
- Bank Secrecy Act – Policy and Compliance
- Managing Risk- Sexual Harassment
- Bank Holding Company Formation
- Dysfunctional Boards
- Legal Issues for Credit Unions
- Executive Compensation in the Financial Institutions Industry