Courtney Rogers Perrin

Partner

Nashville, TN

Office Phone Number 615.251.5592 Email
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As counsel to both startups and public companies, Courtney assists clients with buying and selling businesses, setting up entities and operations in a compliant manner, and providing contracts and policy documentation. She focuses on companies in the digital asset, fintech, and payments arenas, but also regularly advises companies on the financial regulations, such as money services business and anti-money laundering considerations. Clients rely on her breadth of expertise and practical solutions, and Courtney appreciates the opportunity to learn about evolving industries.

Courtney has nearly a decade of experience in corporate restructuring and municipal bankruptcy, representing clients in large transactional and litigation matters, and has served as finance counsel to healthcare companies. She previously served as a distressed debt and special situations analyst at a large international bank.

In addition to her client-facing role, Courtney mentors several associates and serves on the Firm’s Associate Personnel Committee.

Courtney's Relevant Experience

Fintech Engagements

Mergers and Acquisitions counsel in scores of acquisitions, aggregating to over $1 billion worth of asset and stock acquisitions spanning the payments and technology ecosystems.

Assist multiple clients with setting up payment platforms, for companies providing solutions in corporate expenses, school expenses, government fees and rental payments.

Assist clients establishing debit card programs in innovative industries.

Assist payment companies with revenue share agreements and setting up payment facilitator programs.

Assist a healthcare platform in negotiating a receivables purchase agreement with medical providers and a registered money services business.

Assist payment platforms with sponsorship agreement negotiations.

Advise clients on residential mortgage loan and servicing rights purchase and sale agreements.

Blockchain Engagements

Bank Secrecy Act, anti-money laundering, and money services business regulatory compliance counsel for numerous digital asset clients, including Bitcoin ATM providers, utility-token-based platforms, NFT minters, development studios, and trading platforms.

General counsel services to blockchain development studios, NFT platforms and DeFi protocols, including formation, compliance documentation, regulatory analysis, and terms of use.

Assistance with employee agreements, intellectual property assignment agreements, vendor agreements, and fundraising documentation.

Assist digital asset providers with fiat on/off ramp solutions, including documentation of agreements with registered entities.

Bankruptcy & Restructuring Engagements

Counsel to clients on various corporate bankruptcy issues, including 363 sales, credit agreements, distressed debt, intellectual property, and trade creditors’ rights.

Counsel to borrowers in out-of-court restructuring of distressed loans.

Co-counsel to trustee for $5.7 billion in special revenue water and sewer bonds issue Detroit.

Co-counsel to trustee for over $2 billion in sewer bonds in the Jefferson County, Alabama bankruptcy.

Counsel to numerous creditors in the Lehman bankruptcy.

Counsel to automotive parts suppliers.

Associate counsel to DIP and prepetition lenders in the large, international newsprint bankruptcy of AbitibiBowater.

Associate counsel for the Controller for the State of California in actions brought in the BearingPoint bankruptcy.

Associate counsel for the debtor in the City of Vallejo municipal bankruptcy.

Associate counsel for the asset purchaser of two restaurant chains in bankruptcy.