Nicole Keefe

Practice Areas

Corporate Law

Mergers & Acquisitions

Corporate Governance & Shareholder Disputes

Private Equity & Venture Capital

Securities

Commercial Real Estate Finance

Workouts, Restructurings, & Enforcement

Succession Planning

Business Formation

Commercial & Corporate Finance

Commercial Contracts

Agriculture Funding & Lending

Financial Services

Opportunity Zones

Career

Nicole’s practice regularly involves representing clients in corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, capital raises, corporate restructurings, private equity transactions, joint ventures transactions and related corporate transactions. She has experience analyzing proposed structures for various transactions, including cross-border acquisitions, real estate transactions and qualified opportunity zone investments. She also assists clients with corporate governance, entity formation, and capital raise matters. Nicole reviews and prepares complex commercial contracts and other transactional documents, and aids clients with day-to-day corporate legal issues.

Nicole has represented borrowers and lenders in negotiating, structuring and documenting various financial transactions, including commercial real estate and acquisition financings, restructurings and syndicated finance transactions. She also has experience in the preparation of third-party closing opinions, whether as local or company counsel.

In addition, part of Nicole’s practice focuses on regulatory compliance and navigating the changing regulatory landscape. She has advised borrowers and lenders on various aspects of Small Business Administration loans, particularly paycheck protection program loans, and has advised clients in connection with export control regulations and regulations related to foreign investments.

Professional Memberships

Nashville Bar Association

Nashville Bar Foundation Leadership Forum

Harry Phillips American Inn of Court

American Bar Association

Business Law Section and Subcommittee on Cannabis and Alcoholic Beverages Law

Personal

Nashville Young Leaders, Class 74

Nashville Emerging Leaders, 2021 Class

Board of Directors, PENCIL Foundation

Board of Directors, The Well Coffeehouse

Education

Awards