J. Kevin Muldowney - Attorney

J. Kevin Muldowney - Attorney

 

Kevin is a principal in the firm's Business Section. Kevin serves as a strategic advisor to his clients across a broad range of legal, business and financial matters. His practice includes most aspects of business law, including advising individuals and families with respect to wealth preservation and estate planning matters.

Prior to practicing law, Kevin worked in the legally intensive fields of commercial banking, investment management and accounting, which provides him the ability to take an interdisciplinary approach to solving legal problems and gives him invaluable client-side insight to the  delivery of legal services. His background and business perspective promotes confidence in clients and allows him to serve their needs effectively and efficiently. In addition to his law degree, Kevin holds a Masters of Taxation in Accounting and was a certified public accountant prior to practicing law.

Kevin represents sellers, purchasers and private equity funds and other investors in corporate finance transactions. Corporate experience includes providing ongoing legal and strategic advice to small and middle market businesses, forming and organizing new businesses and assisting with business transactions such as business purchases, stock purchases, and employment-related agreements.

Kevin clients include financial institutions on commercial loan transactions and regulatory matters and investment bankers and other valuation professionals with respect to negotiation of financial advisory engagements and fairness opinion practices.

Relevant Experience:

  • Provide ongoing advice to small and middle market businesses and business owners on governance matters, risk management and other legal needs as they arise.
  • Representation of private equity funds with respect to subordinated mezzanine debt and equity investments.
  • Provide day-to-day representation of middle market investment banking firm with respect to financial advisory engagements.
  • Ongoing representation of banks and borrowers in commercial loan transactions.
  • Representation of a private investment fund in the acquisition of a federal savings bank.
  • Representation of private investment fund in the regulatory approval process of becoming a savings and loan holding company, which process presented novel legal issues and National Office approval of the Office Thrift Supervision and subsequent conversion of federal thrift charter to state commercial bank charter and conversion of Savings and Loan Holding Company to Bank Holding Company under supervision of Federal Reserve Board.
  • Representation of mortgage lenders and originators on state law compliance matters and administrative processes.
  • Acted as issuer's counsel for offerings of publicly traded mortgage real estate investment trusts.

Education:

  • George Mason University School of Law, J.D., Magna Cum Laude; Law Review; Moot Court Board
  • Virginia Commonwealth University, M.S. Taxation; Dean's Scholar
  • Virginia Tech, B.S. Accounting
  • Certified Public Accountant

Recognition:

  • Rising Star Virginia Super Lawyers, 2011 
  • Martindale-Hubbell: AV Peer Review Rated (Highest Peer Rating)
  • Virginia Business Magazine's Legal Elite, 2009-2011 

Memberships:

  • Virginia State Bar
  • Richmond Bar Association

Bar Admission:

  • Virginia, 2001