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.
Working with both issuers and underwriters, Jay has represented clients in connection with initial public offerings (IPOs), follow-on and secondary offerings, at-the-market (ATM) programs, tender offers, SPACs, de-SPACs, and mergers and acquisitions involving companies in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, real estate (REITs), retail, life sciences, defense and restaurant.
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