What happens when you wake up and your company is in the headlines? Trace Blankenship, member and general counsel of Bone McAllester Norton, moderated a panel for the Nashville chapter of the Private Directors Association at Lipscomb University about enterprise risk management and the top things that keep a company’s board of directors awake at night. The panel of local corporate board members discussed unexpected risks.

At Bone McAllester Norton, Blankenship regularly advises chief executives, senior management, boards of directors and entrepreneurs on strategy, execution and legal requirements of significant business transactions, complex leadership and ownership decisions, and day-to-day operations. His practice is focused in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity and corporate governance/board functionality.