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Mark L. Miller
Partner
Suite 1700
Nashville, TN 37203
Mark has extensive experience in financial institution regulation, the acquisition and sale of financial institutions and other entities, formation of de novo community banks, and corporate governance and emerging company issues.
Mark has guided numerous clients through public offerings and private placements and has drafted and negotiated FinTech-Bank partnerships, service agreements and other business contracts. He...
Mark has extensive experience in financial institution regulation, the acquisition and sale of financial institutions and other entities, formation of de novo community banks, and corporate governance and emerging company issues.
Mark has guided numerous clients through public offerings and private placements and has drafted and negotiated FinTech-Bank partnerships, service agreements and other business contracts. He regularly represents clients before the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, state banking agencies, including the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
regularly represents clients before the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, state banking agencies, including the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Experience
Representative Matters
- Represented client in successful recapitalization of a small community bank to position the bank for growth in new markets and a new business model.
- Represented clients in the formation of strategic partnerships between banks and non-bank financial technology companies (FinTechs) for the provision of financial services.
- Represented financial institutions in initial public offerings for New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ-listed clients.
- Represented numerous public and private community bank clients and placement agents in private placements of stock and subordinated notes.
- Represented community bank clients in whole bank acquisitions and the purchases and sales of bank branches and other business units.
- Negotiated of enforcement actions with federal and state bank regulatory authorities for community bank clients and assisting such clients with enforcement action compliance.
- Assisted in the formation of numerous de novo community banks and state-chartered public trust companies.
- Represented community bank clients in the formation of holding companies.
- Successfully represented banking clients in the purchase of bank assets and deposits of failed banks from the FDIC.
- Conducted multiyear SEC required compliance audit for national broker-dealer client.
Education
- Vanderbilt University School of Law, JD (1999)
- Vanderbilt University, BA, magna cum laude (1996)
Admissions
- Tennessee
Practice Areas
Industries
Representative Matters
- Represented client in successful recapitalization of a small community bank to position the bank for growth in new markets and a new business model.
- Represented clients in the formation of strategic partnerships between banks and non-bank financial technology companies (FinTechs) for the provision of financial services.
- Represented financial institutions in initial public offerings for New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ-listed clients.
- Represented numerous public and private community bank clients and placement agents in private placements of stock and subordinated notes.
- Represented community bank clients in whole bank acquisitions and the purchases and sales of bank branches and other business units.
- Negotiated of enforcement actions with federal and state bank regulatory authorities for community bank clients and assisting such clients with enforcement action compliance.
- Assisted in the formation of numerous de novo community banks and state-chartered public trust companies.
- Represented community bank clients in the formation of holding companies.
- Successfully represented banking clients in the purchase of bank assets and deposits of failed banks from the FDIC.
- Conducted multiyear SEC required compliance audit for national broker-dealer client.
Media
Recognitions
- IFLR 1000, Highly Regarded in M&A (2024)
- Nashville Business Journal, 'Best of the Bar' (2024)
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Banking and Finance Law (2014–2023, 2025), Financial Services Regulation Law (2014–2023, 2025), Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2014–2023, 2025)
Professional Activities
- Tennessee Bankers Association, Government Relations Committee; Bank Lawyers Committee, Past-Chair
Community
- Member of Board of Directors, Music for Seniors
Mark has extensive experience in financial institution regulation, the acquisition and sale of financial institutions and other entities, formation of de novo community banks, and corporate governance and emerging company issues.
Mark has guided numerous clients through public offerings and private placements and has drafted and negotiated FinTech-Bank partnerships, service agreements and other business contracts. He... regularly represents clients before the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, state banking agencies, including the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Experience
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.Representative Matters
- Represented client in successful recapitalization of a small community bank to position the bank for growth in new markets and a new business model.
- Represented clients in the formation of strategic partnerships between banks and non-bank financial technology companies (FinTechs) for the provision of financial services.
- Represented financial institutions in initial public offerings for New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ-listed clients.
- Represented numerous public and private community bank clients and placement agents in private placements of stock and subordinated notes.
- Represented community bank clients in whole bank acquisitions and the purchases and sales of bank branches and other business units.
- Negotiated of enforcement actions with federal and state bank regulatory authorities for community bank clients and assisting such clients with enforcement action compliance.
- Assisted in the formation of numerous de novo community banks and state-chartered public trust companies.
- Represented community bank clients in the formation of holding companies.
- Successfully represented banking clients in the purchase of bank assets and deposits of failed banks from the FDIC.
- Conducted multiyear SEC required compliance audit for national broker-dealer client.
Education
- Vanderbilt University School of Law, JD (1999)
- Vanderbilt University, BA, magna cum laude (1996)
Admissions
- Tennessee
Practice Areas
- Financial Institutions Corporate & Regulatory
- Financial Services Advisory
- Corporate & Securities
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Public Company Compliance & Counseling
Industries
- IFLR 1000, Highly Regarded in M&A (2024)
- Nashville Business Journal, 'Best of the Bar' (2024)
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Banking and Finance Law (2014–2023, 2025), Financial Services Regulation Law (2014–2023, 2025), Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2014–2023, 2025)
- Tennessee Bankers Association, Government Relations Committee; Bank Lawyers Committee, Past-Chair
- Member of Board of Directors, Music for Seniors
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