MVA's Securities & Corporate Governance team serves as trusted advisors to public and private companies, senior management, boards of directors, and board committees on a wide range of corporate governance and securities matters, including securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, compliance and disclosure matters, internal investigations, and shareholder relations. As primary outside counsel on governance and securities matters, the team represents clients that range from publicly traded Fortune 200 companies to investment funds and lower middle-market businesses. The attorneys bring deep knowledge and decades of experience to offer practical advice across a wide range of industries, helping to navigate these often sensitive and consequential matters.

Kemp focuses his practice on U.S. securities laws, corporate governance, shareholder relations, and capital markets transactions. Before joining MVA, he served as the lead securities counsel for CarMax, Inc., overseeing all aspects of federal securities law compliance, including financial reporting, annual meetings, securities offerings, and NYSE listing requirements. He also previously served as chair of the Corporate Governance and Securities Department at a large law firm headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, where he practiced securities and corporate governance law for more than 20 years.

Hart focuses his practice on capital markets transactions, U.S. securities laws, corporate governance, domestic and cross-border joint ventures, and general corporate matters. He advises public companies and their boards on a broad spectrum of issues under U.S. securities laws and state corporate law, including SEC compliance, disclosure obligations, exchange regulations, corporate governance, and debt and equity financing. Hart has extensive experience advising boards of closely held public companies, including those with dual-class structures or concentrated family or controlling stockholder ownership.

Moore & Van Allen PLLC (www.mvalaw.com), founded in 1950, has over 400 attorneys and professionals serving clients in over 90 areas of focus. The attorneys at Moore & Van Allen provide sophisticated legal services within nationally recognized Corporate, Financial Services, Litigation, White Collar Criminal Defense, Antitrust, Intellectual Property, Bankruptcy, and Commercial Real Estate law practices for international banks and financial services companies, domestic and global manufacturers, retailers, individuals, and healthcare and technology organizations. The firm has been ranked consecutively over the past 25 years on the prestigious "Am Law 200" list and earned both regional and national recognitions in the 2024 edition of Best Law Firms.