Ashley Thurman has a wealth of experience representing clients in connection with legal, transactional, and commercial issues across a variety of industries, including healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, retail, hospitality, commercial services, entertainment, and information technology. Ashley’s practice focuses on representing private companies, both as acquirers and targets in middle- to lower-market M&A transactions as well as venture capital, private equity, and institutional investors in transactions throughout the US.
Ashley also counsels public company clients on general corporate governance and Exchange Act reporting requirements. She has also represented issuers and underwriters in capital markets transactions and other corporate finance transactions, including private placements, spin-offs, high-yield debt financing, and follow-on public offerings of debt and equity securities.
Honors & Awards
- Recognized in the The National Black Lawyers Association's Top 40 Under 40 (2019-2021)
Admissions
Education
- University of Tennessee College of Law, J.D.: cum laude; Dean's List, Research Editor, Tennessee Journal of Race Gender & Social Justice; Staff Editor, Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law
- Vanderbilt University, B.A., Political Science
Professional Activities
Memberships
- Pathfinder Program, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (2021)
- American Health Lawyers Association
- National Bar Association
- J.L. Turner Legal Association
Board of Directors