Tonya Mitchem Grindon

Baker Donelson’s business attorneys offer practical advice to clients across a wide span of practice areas and have deep experience in numerous and diverse industry sectors. With more than 300 attorneys, our business team represents public, private and emerging companies, in areas including public and private offerings, capital markets and lending transactions, executive compensation issues, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, strategic business planning, entity formation, and domestic and global commercial transactions.

Our team members provide advice on tax planning considerations for our clients’ businesses at every stage of the lifecycle, including executive compensation, recapitalization, benefit plans and state and local taxes. We also offer our business clients advice on transitioning their businesses to the next generation of owners and managers. We are knowledgeable in both domestic and foreign tax issues, from individual tax and estate planning to international tax treaties.

Additionally, we help our clients protect and promote their brand’s trademarks, inventions and other forms of intellectual property in the U.S. and throughout the world. We also assist our clients in managing real estate investments in a wide spectrum of real estate transactions including developments, single asset and portfolio sales and acquisitions, leasing and financing.

Our focus on industry-specific service teams means our attorneys understand the business climate and unique challenges under which our clients are operating. These teams include Gaming; Manufacturing; REITs; Drug, Device and Life Sciences; Hospitality, Franchising and Distribution; Automotive; Energy; Telecommunications; Retail; Health Care; and Construction.

We draw upon our extensive knowledge and experience to work as a strategic partner and advisor to our clients, serving their immediate goals as well as their longer-term objectives. We tailor our services and approach to meet the unique needs of our clients by providing timely, thoughtful and effective solutions, whether their businesses are public or private, domestic or foreign.

For 130 years, Baker Donelson has built a reputation for achieving results for our clients, both nationally and internationally, on a wide range of legal matters. While providing legal services is our focus, it is how we deliver them that sets us apart. Our goal is to provide clients with more than what they have come to expect from a law firm.

Baker Donelson commits to a deep understanding of a client’s business, to enable us to anticipate clients’ needs and assist in their decision-making processes. Because we offer consistent, knowledgeable guidance based on their specific goals and objectives, clients view us as a valued business partner. This allows them to focus on the growth and success of their businesses, confident their legal issues will be handled by an attentive, responsive team.

Our unique approach to providing legal and policy services is enabled by our extensive support structure. As the 64th largest law firm in the U.S., Baker Donelson gives clients access to a team of more than 700 attorneys and public policy advisors representing more than 30 practice areas, all seamlessly connected across 21 offices to serve virtually any legal and policy need. We provide to our clients a global network of local counsel and other professionals, and have helped our clients take advantage of global opportunities in more than 90 countries spanning six continents. Clients receive informed guidance from experienced, multi-disciplined industry and client service teams. Our federal and state public policy groups provide sound policy advice and comprehensive tracking services, keeping clients up-to-date on critical legislative and regulatory developments. Our diversity and women’s initiatives ensure a welcoming and inclusive environment for our people, perspectives and experiences. Technology helps us operate more effectively and efficiently by providing instant access to client-specific information and other key resources.