Charles E. Carpenter, A Professional Corporation founded in April 1978, officially changed the name and legal structure of the law firm to Carpenter Law, PLLC (the "Firm") in 2018.  Our Firm's principal office located in the historic Tri-State Bank Building on the iconic Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, and the secondary office is located in Downtown Nashville, Tennessee.  Celebrating more than forty years of delivering successful legal services to the southeastern region, our Firm is well established in the municipal finance industry and has been nationally recognized as sole Bond Counsel since 1992.  The primary practice focus of Carpenter Law are in the areas of corporate, transactional and municipal finance law where the firm, as Bond Counsel, Disclosure Counsel, Issuer’s Counsel and/or Counsel to the Underwriters’, facilitates the issuance of various tax-exempt and taxable bonds that finance a variety of public infrastructure projects with airports, utilities, multifamily housing, healthcare facilities, sports arenas/stadiums, transportation and various other economic development financings for governmental municipalities and quasi-governmental entities.  Our Firm has developed a wealth of unique practice expertise in its various roles as Bond Counsel, Disclosure Counsel and Issuer Counsel, a wealth of experience in representing national municipal broker-dealers as Counsel to the Underwriters, and has created a national network of business and governmental relationships that enables our Firm to deliver stellar professional legal services efficiently and economically to its various public, quasi-public and private sector clients.

We have experience in working with various types of corporate and municipal transactional matters, specifically in the areas of public finance with the issuance of tax-exempt and taxable bonds along with the federal and state tax diligence and continuing disclosure compliance regarding such securities, corporate law with the security and collateralization of loans and related financial platforms, Minority Women Business Enterprise issues and compliance with various governmental and quasi-governmental entities, healthcare law issues with behavioral health organizations and managed care organizations and entertainment law issues. Additionally, we have substantial experience in working with governmental stimulus packages and financing programs for small business and non-profit entities.