MATT AIKEN is a Partner in the firm’s Birmingham office and co-Chair of the Firm's Corporate & Securities Practice Group. He has substantial experience representing highly regulated, transaction-intensive companies, with particular familiarity in the following areas:
Capital Markets – Lead or supervising counsel for numerous public and private offerings of debt and equity securities.
Development – Lead counsel for numerous acquisitions, joint ventures, resyndications, restructurings and other development-related activities.
Regulatory Compliance – Regularly advise companies on securities regulatory issues (1933 Act, 1934 Act, Investment Company Act, Investment Advisers Act, Sarbanes-Oxley, FINRA).
Corporate Governance – Substantial experience communicating with boards, evaluating board structure and function and counseling boards on independence, liability, business judgment and other corporate governance issues.
Project Management – Hands on experience managing significant projects involving numerous internal and external (primarily legal and accounting) resources.
Prior to beginning private practice, Matt served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert B. Propst, United States District Judge. In 2004, Matt was named by the Birmingham Business Journal as a member of its "Top 40 Under 40." Matt is also listed in "The Best Lawyers in America."
