Phelps Expands Deal Team in Nashville to Support Clients in Mid-South’s Fastest-Growing Economy
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — April 14, 2026 — Phelps welcomes corporate partners Jason Brace and Wes Scott to the firm’s rapidly expanding Nashville office. The team connects Phelps’ M&A coverage from Middle to West Tennessee and across the Mid-South, providing end-to-end support for complex, targeted transactions.
Jason and Wes' addition builds on years of strategic growth following Phelps’ 2024 expansion into Tennessee. They join two recent additions, real estate partner Alex Porter and health care partner Doug Wolford, to meet growing demand for cohesive middle-market deal support.
“With Jason and Wes on board, we’re expanding our capacity to execute large, complex deals on both the buy-side and sell-side,” said Nashville Office Managing Partner Doug Wolford. “The deep transaction experience these two bring to Phelps, combined with our established real estate and health care operations and regulatory capabilities, puts us in a unique position to help a wide variety of clients from early planning through deal execution, all from one dedicated M&A base here in Nashville. And we’re linking our growing Nashville office to our corporate, finance and tax lawyers in Memphis and throughout the Phelps platform, so clients get a coordinated team to close transactions across the Southeast and beyond.”
Jason and Wes join Phelps’ proven M&A team, bringing with them deep local ties and decades of experience advising founders, owners, private equity firms, family offices and independent sponsors. Both born and raised in Tennessee, they help clients buy, sell and scale their businesses through acquisitions, divestitures, mergers and joint ventures. Their tried-and-true approach to deals gives clients steady counsel and execution across the essential services, manufacturing, industrials, logistics, health care and energy sectors.
These latest additions strengthen Phelps’ existing transactional capabilities and form a core M&A team in Nashville to bring deals together under one roof. The expansion cements the firm’s presence in Middle Tennessee and connects clients to integrated support in Memphis, North Alabama and across the Southeast.
“Our Nashville expansion is grounded in a simple idea: clients want high-quality, business-focused legal counsel delivered in a way that fits the scale and needs of their market,” said Phelps Managing Partner Marshall Redmon. “We have a strong opportunity to meet that need in Nashville. Along with Doug and Alex, Jason and Wes are key to our collaborative platform at Phelps that provides the highest level of service to clients and attracts ambitious lawyers who want to join a growing, entrepreneurial firm.”
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