Stuart is a partner in the Nashville office of Stites & Harbison and a member of the firm's Business Services Group. He has experience in a wide variety of corporate transactions, including domestic and international mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs and divestitures, joint ventures and strategic investments. His experience includes M&A transactions in various industry groups, including telecommunications, healthcare services, retail and distribution and manufacturing. Stuart's corporate practice involves counseling and advice on a broad range of corporate transactions, including start-up ventures and shareholder disputes. Stuart also has significant experience representing financial institutions in senior lien and syndicated financings, mezzanine financings and project financings.

Stuart served as the Nashville office's Executive Member from 2001 through 2010 and the firm's Management Committee, 2013-16.