TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 8, 2022

International firm Womble Bond Dickinson has opened a Nashville office and hired Masami Izumida Tyson as a global business and international trade partner, the Nashville Post reports. Tyson previously was global director of foreign direct investment and trade for the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. In that role, she oversaw efforts to recruit international companies to Tennessee. Before that, Tyson served as senior counsel for Nissan North America and held positions at Neal & Harwell and Mentor Graphics. Three of the firm’s partners — Alan Enslen, Josh Mullen and John Scannapieco — also will be splitting their time between the Washington, D.C., and Nashville offices. Jamie Francis, head of the Corporate & Securities Practice, cited Nashville’s growth as an international business center and technology hub as motivating the decision to establish a presence here. The new office is located at 1222 Demonbreun, Nashville, TN 37203.