E Marlee Mitchell

Practice Areas

Financial service providers and institutional investors value Marlee Mitchell's counsel in critical matters involving capital markets and regulatory compliance. Since the early days of her legal career at the Securities Division of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, Marlee has focused on the financial services sector. Today, financial institutions rely on her insight into the ever-changing regulatory framework within which they operate.

Marlee strives to help clients solve difficult problems that are unique to the financial services industry, while never losing sight of her personal motto, "work hard and be kind." Clients rely on Marlee's experience, commitment, and personal approach to address both day-to-day issues and long-term strategic objectives.

Marlee's corporate and securities practice experience includes:

- Underwritten public securities offerings of equity and debt

- Real estate securities offerings with an emphasis on public REITs and private real estate limited partnerships

- Private placements

- Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures

- Joint ventures

- Going-private transactions

- Investment fund formation

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Committees on Federal Regulation of Securities and State Regulation of Securities

First Farmers and Merchants Corporation, Board Member

First Farmers and Merchants Bank, Board Member

Women Corporate Directors

Tennessee Bar Association, Corporation and Business Law Section

American Bankers Association, Service Member

Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society

Nashville Bar Foundation, Fellow

Tennessee State Parks Conservancy, Board of Directors, Chair

Pet Community Center, Board of Directors, Chair

Historic Rugby, Inc., Executive Committee; Former Board Chair

Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee, Inc., Board of Directors; Former Executive Committee Member and Corporate Secretary; 2020 National Council Delegate

Leadership Nashville, Class of 2018; Leadership/Logistics Committee for the 2019 Class; 2020 Strategic Planning Committee

YWCA Domestic Violence Shelter Pet Kennel Committee

Middle Tennessee Boxer Rescue, Inc., Volunteer