Todd has been in private practice for over 20 years, focusing on banking law, securities law, mergers & acquisitions, and corporate law. He has extensive experience in matters pertaining to bank regulation, regulatory applications, enforcement actions, corporate governance, securities law compliance, SEC reporting, and executive compensation. Todd has served as counsel in connection with over 75 merger and acquisition transactions in the financial services sector and over twenty successful de novo bank formations, including three of the last four de novo commercial banks successfully organized in North Carolina. He regularly represents issuers and underwriters in connection with public and private offerings of equity or debt securities and has served as primary counsel to over 20 registered public companies during the course of his career.
Todd received his law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the North Carolina Banking Institute. He received his undergraduate degree and a certificate in markets & management studies from Duke University, where he graduated in three years. He is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina.
Todd serves as the Banking & Financial Institutions practice group leader and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He is licensed in North Carolina and New York.
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