Weissinger

Doug is a member of Butler Snow’s Finance, Real Estate and Restructuring Group.

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Banking & Bank Regulatory

Doug’s practice focuses on financial institutions, with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, securities law and regulatory compliance. Doug advises his financial institution clients on matters related to the acquisition or sale of existing banks and bank holding companies; the acquisition, sale, establishment and relocation of branch offices; and regulatory compliance matters involving the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and other state regulatory agencies.

Doug also has experience in general corporate law, including mergers and acquisitions, offerings of and investments in debt and equity securities, and private equity transactions. Doug routinely advises boards of directors and senior managers on significant transactions and critical events in the life cycle of their business.

• Banking and Bank Regulation
  • Counsel to community banks and holding companies as both buyers and sellers in merger and acquisition transactions
  • Advising community banks and holding companies with respect to compliance issues
  • Preparing and filing of federal and state regulatory applications
  • Counsel to community banks and their holding companies regarding formal and informal enforcement actions
  • Assisting community banks and their holding companies with raising capital in private offerings
  • Advising community banks on the acquisition, sale, establishment and relocation of branches
  • Advising community banks and their boards of directors on fiduciary duties, corporate governance and general corporate matters
• General M&A and Corporate Finance
  • Counsel to private equity firms in investment and acquisition transactions
  • Counsel to several companies selling to private equity financial buyers in leveraged acquisitions
  • Counsel to start-up companies and entrepreneurs in general business matters

• Certified Community Bank Compliance Officer
• Mississippi Business Journal, Leader in Finance, 2022-2023

• Arkansas, 2021
• Tennessee, 2020
• Mississippi, 2014
• Texas, 2012

• The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 2012
  • Associate Online Content Editor, Texas Journal of Oil, Gas and Energy Law
  • Phi Delta Phi
• Washington and Lee University, B.A., cum laude, 2006

• Mississippi Bar Association
  • Business Law Section
• Tennessee Bar Association
• Memphis Bar Association
• American Bar Association
  • Business Law Section
    • Banking Law Committee
    • Consumer Financial Services Committee
• Mississippi Bankers Association
  • Bank Attorneys Committee
• Tennessee Bankers Association
  • Bank Lawyers Committee
  • Government Relations Committee

• Faculty, Mississippi School of Banking, “Regulatory Enforcement Actions,” 2023-Present.
• Presenter, "Corporate Transparency Act," Mississippi Bar Convention, July 12, 2024.
• Author, "Potential Corporate Transparency Act impact on banks," The Tennessee Banker, Spring 2024.
• Presenter, "Corporate Transparency Act CLE," Memphis Bar Association, February 27, 2024.
• Presenter, "Corporate Transparency Act," Tennessee Society of CPAs, Memphis Chapter, February 20, 2024.
• Presenter, "Preparing for the Far Reach of the Corporate Transparency Act CLE," Memphis Bar Association, November 28, 2023.
• Presenter, "Hot Topic 1071," Mississippi Bankers Association, April 26, 2023.
• Speaker, "Multiple NSF Fees, UDAP and FDIC Guidance," Tennessee Bankers Association Compliance Conference, November 17, 2022.

• Board Member, Straddlefork Foundation, 2021-present