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R. Davis Mello

Member, Bass, Berry & Sims

Nashville, TN

R. Davis Mello is a member at Bass, Berry & Sims in Nashville, working on private equity funds, venture funds and fund finance; in practice since 2012.

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Overview

Office
Nashville, TN
Experience
In practice since 2012 · 14 years
Represents
GPs and Sponsors; LPs and Investors

Appears in: Where Private Fund Lawyers Went to Law School, a FundOpsHQ guide that names everyone it counts.

Source: bassberry.com, as of Oct 24, 2026. View the bio

Practice

  • Private equity funds

    From the bio
    “represents private equity sponsors, venture investors and founder-led businesses”

  • Venture funds

    From the bio
    “Venture capital funds, growth equity investors and strategic investors in preferred stock financings”

  • Fund finance

    From the bio
    “Private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in buyouts, growth equity investments, exits and fund-level transactions.”

Read from the practice description in the bio on bassberry.com, as of Oct 24, 2026.

Experience

In practice since 2012 · 14 years

Based on: admitted in Tennessee, 2012.

Years and earlier employers as stated in the bio on bassberry.com, as of Oct 24, 2026.

Education and admissions

Education
  • Vanderbilt Law School, J.D. (2012)
  • Miami University, B.A. (2009)
Bar admissions

As the bio lists them. We do not check whether a licence is current; each state’s own lookup does.

As listed in the bio on bassberry.com, as of Oct 24, 2026.

Colleagues at Bass, Berry & Sims

Fund Lawyers in Nashville at other firms

All 10

Partners with practices in common with R., most in common first.

  • Brian Delaney

    Kirkland & EllisPractices in common: private equity funds, venture funds

  • Hudson Todd

    McDermott Will & SchultePractices in common: private equity funds, venture funds

  • J. David Creasy

    Kirkland & EllisPractices in common: private equity funds

Questions about R. Davis Mello

What does R. Davis Mello work on?

Bass, Berry & Sims’s bio of R. Davis Mello lists private equity funds, venture funds and fund finance. It says R. Davis Mello acts for sponsors (GPs) and investors (LPs).

Where is R. Davis Mello based?

In Bass, Berry & Sims’s Nashville office.

How long has R. Davis Mello practised?

Since 2012, 14 years, going by the bio (admitted in Tennessee, 2012).

Where did R. Davis Mello study?

Vanderbilt Law School and Miami University.

Where is R. Davis Mello admitted to practise?

The bio lists Tennessee.

How can I contact R. Davis Mello?

Through the bio page on bassberry.com. FundOpsHQ does not publish email addresses or phone numbers.