Tatjana Paterno
USA Guide 2024
Band 3 : Corporate/M&A
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About
Provided by Tatjana Paterno
Practice Areas
Tatjana Paterno counsels private equity funds and their portfolio companies, strategic acquirers and multinational publicly traded corporations in the structuring, negotiation and consummation of acquisition transactions. To date, Tatjana has closed more than $22 billion in M&A transactions and more than $25 billion in overall transactions. Her practice focuses on companies within the healthcare and healthcare IT, cybersecurity, manufacturing, food and beverage, entertainment and technology industries, among others. Tatjana frequently advises management, boards and special committees on corporate governance and public company disclosure matters.
Tatjana is co-chair of the 2023, 2021 and 2019 Private Target Deal Points Studies published by the American Bar Association’s M&A Committee. This study has been widely recognized as the gold standard for market metrics of key negotiated legal issues in M&A agreements.
Career
Tatjana joined Bass, Berry & Sims in 2011.
Personal
JD, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law - summa cum laude, Order of the Coif
BA, The University of Texas at Dallas - summa cum laude
Awards
Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2022-2024)
The Best Lawyers in America©
Top 21 in 21: Women in Healthcare Investing (2021)
Kayo
“In Charge” Legal Sector (2023-2024)
Nashville Post
Emerging Leader, Legal Advisor Category (2016)
The M&A Advisor
Corporate/M&A (2024)
Chambers USA
Chambers Review
USA
Tatjana Paterno is an active member of the Bass, Berry & Sims corporate M&A team. Based in Nashville, she is well versed in assisting on mergers and acquisitions including equity sales.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Tatjana Paterno is a tough negotiator and very practical. I'm a huge fan of hers."
"Tatjana’s mastery of the elements of a deal is impressive. She regularly commands the resources of Bass in running a deal for a client. When Tatjana was at the helm, I could attend to the myriad of in-house issues and have peace of mind that Tatjana was driving the deal forward."
"Tatjana Paterno is a tough negotiator and very practical. I'm a huge fan of hers."
"Tatjana’s mastery of the elements of a deal is impressive. She regularly commands the resources of Bass in running a deal for a client. When Tatjana was at the helm, I could attend to the myriad of in-house issues and have peace of mind that Tatjana was driving the deal forward."