Global law firm K&L Gates LLP advised First Commerce Bancorp, Inc., the parent company of First Commerce Bank, on its announced acquisition of Peoples Bank of Middle Tennessee. The acquisition, which is subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals and the satisfaction of other closing conditions, is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2025.

The K&L Gates team advising First Commerce Bancorp, Inc. in this matter is led by Nashville partner Adam Smith and included Nashville partners Spencer Green and Greg Parker, associate Hutton Baker, and San Francisco partner Rikki Sapolich-Krol.

K&L Gates’ Corporate practice is one of the most substantial in the legal industry, with hundreds of lawyers in offices on five continents providing clients with practical legal solutions in the structuring, financing, and completion of domestic, international, and cross-border transactions.