Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Founded in 1922, Bass, Berry & Sims has long been centered on providing excellent client service. The firm's founders, F.M. Bass, Frank Berry and Cecil Sims, built a reputation for excellence, pioneering the now robust mergers and acquisitions practice. Notable transactions conducted by the firm include the Cheek-Neal Coffee Company's sale to Postum in 1928 for $20 million and representing Fourth and First National Bank in its merger with American National Bank in 1930. Cecil Sims also initiated one of the firm's first alternative fee arrangements in 1934, lasting until the late 1960's, with Vanderbilt University's Chancellor Kirkland.After 90 years, Bass, Berry & Sims continues to provide its clients with solutions to increasingly complex legal challenges. The highly skilled attorneys strive to provide a profound understanding of the client's business and perspective, sound judgement, efficiency, and responsiveness to each matter. Recently, the firm represented a Nashville-based provider of healthcare services in its leveraged buyout (LBO), which was the largest LBO in history at the time, was engaged as the New York Stock Exchange's Regulatory Auditor, and successfully tried the largest case in Tennessee involving the breach of a $1.4 billion merger agreement. Through their commitment to excellence, Bass, Berry & Sims is dedicated to advancing opportunity and delivering results.

Locations	No. of Attorneys
Knoxville, TN	10
Memphis, TN	37
Nashville, TN	490
Washington, DC	32

Practice Areas	No. of Attorneys
Bankruptcy	4
Corporate	183
ERISA/Executive Compensation	15
Finance - Banking	7
Government	12
Government and Government Relations	1
Health Care	94
IP	41
Labor & Employment	21
Litigation	125
Real Estate	47
Tax	7
Trusts and Estates	10