Alexander J. Davie is a corporate and securities attorney in Nashville, Tennessee. Many businesses look to Alex as their outside ?general counsel? for day-to-day legal needs as well as their trusted adviser on high-stakes transactions, such as capital raising, partnership buyouts and disputes, technology transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. His first goal is to provide clients with responsive service and candid and decisive legal advice for the difficult choices they often face. Alex frequently works with technology companies, including startups and emerging growth companies, and with private investment funds, such as private equity, venture capital, and hedge funds.
Technology Industry
Alex particularly enjoys working with companies and entrepreneurial ventures within the technology industry. As a believer in technology?s ability to enrich people?s lives and allow people to connect with each other in new ways, he is passionate about helping tech startups achieve success. Alex?s clients rely on his counsel and judgment throughout all stages of their growth. He assists startups, founders, and entrepreneurs in initial entity selection and formation, and later in negotiating and structuring capital-raising transactions, including seed rounds, convertible notes, angel rounds, and venture capital investments. He also assists tech companies with their ongoing legal needs, such as vendor and customer agreements, website terms of service, SAAS agreements, and regulatory compliance.
Alex is active in Nashville?s startup community as a member of the board of directors of the Nashville Business Incubation Center and as a mentor at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, and he participates in numerous other events geared towards making Nashville a nationally ranked location for starting a business.
Private Funds
Professionals within the private investment fund industry benefit from the expertise Alex gained when he served as general counsel to a fund manager. He drafts the formation documents for private funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds, and real estate investment partnerships. He also counsels investment advisers on their regulatory obligations, such as initial state or SEC registration and ongoing compliance.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Alex represents buyers and sellers of small and middle market businesses in a number of industries, including technology, healthcare, real estate, financial services, and consumer products and services. Clients look to him for strategic guidance through all stages of the acquisition process, from the letter of intent stage, through due diligence and definitive document negotiation, to closing.
Visit his blog at https://www.strictlybusinesslawblog.com
Business law, corporate law