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Beverly Sanders Gates

Beverly Sanders Gates

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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
20th Floor, First Tennessee Building, 165 Madison Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee  38103
(Shelby Co.)

Telephone: 901-526-2000
Telecopier: 901-577-2303
http://www.bakerdonelson.com



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Practice AreasSecurities; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business and Transactions; Corporate Law; Business Law; Investments; Finance; Securitization
 
EducationUniversity of Mississippi, J.D., cum laude, 1998, Mississippi State University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1995; M.B.A., 1996)
 
Admitted1999, Mississippi and Tennessee
 
MembershipsMemphis, Tennessee (Graduate of Leadership Law Program, 2007; Secretary/Treasurer, Alumni Association, 2009-2010) and American (Vice Chairman, Business Law Committee Young Lawyers Division, 2003-2005) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Association of Women Attorneys.
 
BornOxford, Mississippi, July 29, 1974
 
BiographyCo-author: State Limited Liability Company & Partnership Laws, 2009-3 Supplement, Tennessee Revised Limited Liability Company Act, (2009). Speaker: "Due Diligence - Uncovering the Truth While You Can Still Do Something About It," presented by Tennessee Society of CPAs and IMAs on November 16, 2007; "Essentials of Drafting LLC Agreements," presented by National Business Institute on July 26, 2006; "Basics of Business Law," presented by Tennessee Bar Association on May 18, 2006; "LLCs: Advising Small Business Start-Ups and Larger Companies in Tennessee (Including an Update on the New LLC Act)," presented by Lorman Education Services on October 5, 2005; "Drafting LLC and LLP Agreements in Tennessee," National Business Institute, 2005; "LLC's: Advising Small Business Start-Ups and Larger Companies in Tennessee," Lorman Education Services, 2004; "Derivatives for Lawyers: Documentation, Business Aspects and Legal Issues," Memphis Bar Association, 2003. Author: "Derivatives for Lawyers: Documentation, Business Aspects and Legal Issues," The Mississippi Lawyer, July-August-September 2004 at 13-17. Member: Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi; Gamma Beta Phi; Lambda Sigma; Alpha Lambda Delta; Golden Key; Beta Gamma Sigma; Journal of National Security Law. Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South, Inc., Board of Directors and Corporate Secretary, 2003—. Junior League of Memphis, Member, 2001—; Graduate of Leadership Certification Program, 2004; Annual Fund Chairman, 2004-2005; Budget Member-at-Large, 2005-2006; Assistant Treasurer, 2006-2007; Treasurer, 2007-2008; Member-at-Large, Ways and Means Council, 2008-2009; Volunteer Voices Business Manager, 2009-2010. Board of Directors, 2006-2008. Dress for Success Memphis, Inc., Board of Directors, 2001-2003, 2004-2005. Member, Memphis Executive Leadership Program, Class of 2009. The Leadership Academy of Memphis, Graduate of Fellows Program, 2005. Mpact Memphis, Member, 2003-present; Board of Directors, 2005-2006. Selected as one of "Top 40 Under 40" by Memphis Business Journal, 2005.
 
ISLN914963330
 
TransactionsCorporate and securities counsel for Wright Medical Group, Inc., a public medical device company; Corporate counsel to family of closely held REITs and related entities; Corporate and securities counsel for Pinnacle Airlines Corp., a public commercial airline; Corporate counsel to group of affiliated hospices; Corporate counsel for NovaLign Orthopaedics, Inc.; Corporate counsel to office furniture company; Corporate counsel to First Tennessee Bank National Association and its broker dealer affiliate in regular negotiations of ISDA agreements; # Represented Pinnacle Airlines Corp. in acquisition of Colgan Air, Inc., a private commercial airline; Represented pharmaceutical and technology companies in PIPEs; Represented family of mutual funds in sale to major investment bank; Represented REIT in 144A sales of preferred stock; Represented wire rope company in sale of assets to public conglomerate; Represented multi-state group of affiliated hospices in sale of assets to public nursing home provider; Represented timeshare entity in securitization of timeshare receivables; Represented financial institution in the termination of multiple automobile receivables securitizations; Represented multi-state architecture firm in merger; Represented printing company in joint venture with directed printing company; Represented home décor wholesaler in sale to public company; Represented healthcare companies, real estate funds, ethanol manufacturer and other types of companies in capital raising; Represented financial services, medical device and other types of companies in capital formation.
 


 

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