C. Phillip Buffington Jr.

For financial institutions, I’ve counseled on a wide range of topics – including corporate governance, merger and acquisitions, regulatory, succession planning, expansion and divestitures, de novo formations and charter conversions, bank holding company formations and expansion, notices of change in control and change in director or senior officer, strategic planning, capital planning, securities offerings, responses to examinations and enforcement actions, structuring  commercial lending transactions and evaluating and assisting in the development of new products and services.

In the health care, insurance and manufacturing industries, I represent companies in corporate governance, vendor contracts, mergers and acquisitions, bid protest, regulatory matters, before legislative, regulatory and governmental bodies.  

I focus on counseling and transactions – including regulatory issues, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, capital planning and commercial lending – but clients appreciate that I also bring litigation experience when I provide them advice.

I am active in a number of community organizations in Mississippi and currently serve as the Chair of the Government Affairs Committee of the Madison County Business League & Foundation and active on the Board of the Madison County Community Trust. In addition, I am a member of St. Andrews Episcopal Cathedral in Jackson, Mississippi and have served on various nonprofit boards including Habitat for Humanity/Metro Jackson, Inc. and Metro Jackson Heart Walk Committee (former Chair) and is a member of the Madison-Ridgeland Rotary Club.