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Overview

Matt Kusel’s practice focuses on the representation of private and publicly traded companies in a variety of securities transactions and SEC reporting and compliance matters. Matt also regularly advises boards of directors regarding corporate governance practices. His experience includes representing issuers and underwriters in registered and 144A/Reg S debt offerings, private placements, liability management transactions, corporate restructurings and acquisition financings.

Matt was previously an attorney at Milbank LLP in New York City.

Experience

  • Represented public companies, and their boards of directors and committees, in compliance and disclosure matters under SEC regulations, stock exchange rules and related requirements.
  • Represented large private companies in secured and unsecured notes issuances pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933.
  • Represented private companies in private placements and other securities offerings under Regulation D of the Securities Act.
  • Represented a large private company in its liquidity program to provide employees with a regular opportunity to sell equity that otherwise lacks an active trading market.
  • Represented public and private companies and their boards in corporate governance matters, including revising and updating bylaws, governance guidelines and charters.
  • Represented public companies in responding to stockholder proposals and director nominations made under Rule 14a-8 and pursuant to company bylaws and local corporate law.
  • Represented a private company in a third-party tender offer for the company’s outstanding equity.
  • Represented a private company in an investigation conducted by the North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State Securities Division.
  • Assisted private companies in designing equity incentive programs under Rule 701 of the Securities Act.
  • Represented public companies and investors in securities ownership reporting under Section 16 and Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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Affiliations

Professional Affiliations

  • North Carolina Bar Association, Business Corporations Committee, 2025-present

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Education

Vanderbilt University, J.D., 2013; Order of the Coif; Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., 2009

Bar Admissions

  • North Carolina
  • New York
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