D. Taylor Tipton
Taylor Tipton is a shareholder in the Firm's Knoxville and Washington, D.C. offices.
Represented a U.S. credit card network operator in its investment in and restructuring of a Chinese payment processing company.
Represented a Texas community bank in its $70.3 million initial public offering.
Represented a North Carolina community bank in its $1.4 billion acquisition by a Midwestern regional bank.
Mr. Tipton represents banks, bank holding companies, nonbank lenders, other financial services providers, and their investors in merger and acquisition, restructuring and recapitalization, and securities transactions.
He also advises depository and non-depository financial services providers on financial regulatory laws, including the Bank Holding Company Act, Change in Bank Control Act, Bank Secrecy Act, Dodd-Frank Act, and various state licensing and compliance laws throughout the nation.
He has represented clients in investigations and enforcement actions brought by the Federal Reserve, OCC, FDIC, CFPB, OFAC, Department of Justice, state banking departments, and state attorneys general.
Represented the underwriters on a series of debt offerings for a Mid-Atlantic multi-bank holding company.
Represented a New Jersey community bank in multiple acquisitions.
Represented a Florida community bank in multiple acquisitions.
Represented a Wisconsin community bank holding company in its pre-packaged bankruptcy, initial public offering and acquisition by another bank holding company.
Represented a private equity fund in its $550 million acquisition of a bank-owned consumer finance company.
Advised an international asset manager with regard to its status and obligations under the Bank Holding Company Act.
Advised a $2 trillion bank holding company in identifying and vetting candidates for its board of directors.
Advised a large national commodities exchange in complying with the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act.
Closed the $44 million sale of a holding company's trust company to an investor group.
Represented multiple European banks in investigations of alleged money laundering and economic sanctions violations.
Represented an e-payments processor in its $7.6 million settlement with the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Represented a bank holding company and its broker-dealer affiliate in compliance with and termination of an enforcement order.
Represented an Illinois bank holding company in its $8 million acquisition of another Illinois bank holding company and its subsidiary community bank.
Named a Best Lawyers in America® "Ones to Watch" in Financial Services Regulation Law (2021, 2022)
Adjunct Professor – Contract Drafting and Mergers & Acquisitions, University of Tennessee College of Law (2017 – Present)
Vice Chair – Mergers and Acquisitions Subcommittee, Banking Law Committee, American Bar Association (2018 – Present)
"Federal Funds for CDFIs and MDIs: Emergency Capital Investment Program (ECIP)" (March 2021)
"Regulators Issue Small Dollar Lending Principles" (May 21, 2020)
"SBA's Paycheck Protection Program: Additional Guidance Issued on April 6" (April 7, 2020)
"Consumer Financial Services Reform in Year Two of the Trump Administration," republished August 20, 2018 in ABA's CFSC Newsletter (April 2018)
"Financial Services Reform - New Legislation Could Offer Relief for Community Banks," republished April 30, 2018 in Bank & Lender Liability (March 2018)
"Anti-Money Laundering Trends in the Equipment Leasing and Finance Industry" (March 2018)
"BankThink Lack of Regulatory Clarity Holding Back Blockchain," American Banker (November 2017)
"Can Dodd-Frank Be Fixed to Bridge Competing Interests?," CFO (October 2017)
"Protect Your Bank Against Internal Control Weakness," Tennessee Banker Magazine (July/August 2017)
Co-author – "OFAC Enforcement Trends in the Health Care, Agriculture and Tech Industries" (June 2017)
"Trends in Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement and Compliance," republished in Bloomberg Law White Collar Crime Report (June 2017)
Speaker – "Holding Effective, Efficient, and Energetic Board Meetings," Pennsylvania Bankers Association 2019 Convention, Palm Springs, California (May 2019)
"Let's Make a Bank!: Developments in De Novo Bank, Industrial Loan Company, and Fintech Charters," ABA Business Law Section 2019 Spring Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (March 2019)
The Trump Administration and Dodd-Frank, A Year Later (March 2018)
Dodd-Frank Update (March 2017)
Baker Donelson Announces 11 Newly Elected Shareholders (April 20, 2021)
D. Taylor Tipton Joins Baker Donelson (April 17, 2017)
The Trump Administration and Dodd-Frank, A Year Later (March 28, 2018)
Dodd-Frank Update (March 22, 2017)
Capital Raising Services
Merger and Acquisition Financial Services
Regulatory and Compliance Services
Corporate and Regulatory
International Trade and National Security
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2011, cum laude
American Criminal Law Review, editorial board
The University of Tennessee, B.A., 2008, summa cum laude
Baker Donelson Announces 11 Newly Elected Shareholders
Press Release / April 20, 2021
Federal Funds for CDFIs and MDIs: Emergency Capital Investment Program (ECIP)
Publication / March 4, 2021