Jay Knight is partner-in-charge of the Nashville office and co-chair of the Securities and Capital Markets Practice Group. Drawing on his extensive Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) experience, his practice focuses on securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, real estate capital markets, structured finance, and the representation of public companies and underwriters.

Jay’s practice focuses on the representation of companies and their management and boards of directors on corporate governance and strategic matters, including strategic and tuck-in M&A, investigations, and special committee matters. Also drawing on his extensive SEC experience, Jay serves as the relationship partner with respect to the representation of numerous public company clients as their primary corporate and securities counsel, including complex SEC reporting, disclosures and securities offerings.  

Credentials

Education

  • Eastern Kentucky University, B.B.A., 2002
  • Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law, J.D., 2005, graduated first-in-class, editor-in-chief of Chase Law Review

Bar Admissions

  • Tennessee
  • District of Columbia
  • New York
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