Iain Macsween

The former business counsel to a multi-national energy company, Iain MacSween represents business and corporate clients in the fields of banking and financial services, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and securities law. 

Iain spends the majority of his time representing financial institutions and their holding companies on a variety of corporate, regulatory and operational issues. Iain’s experience includes the chartering of de novo banks, the conversion of mutual financial institutions, public offerings, private equity and debt offerings, corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory applications and enforcement matters, securities law compliance, corporate governance, labor and employment, executive compensation, commercial contracts, swap transactions and large loans.  

Since joining Brooks Pierce in 2005, Iain has served as counsel to issuers, selling shareholders and underwriters in public and private securities offerings having an aggregate value in excess of $1 billion. Iain also counsels publicly traded corporations on securities issues, including 1934 Act periodic reporting requirements.

Iain has been named a Rising Star in Banking Law (2013) and in Administrative Law (2012) by North Carolina Super Lawyers. (link is external) Iain has received a prestigious "AV" Peer Review Rating (link is external) from LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell. The "AV" rating is the highest rating possible and signifies that reviewing lawyers outside Iain's firm consider him to have "Very High to Preeminent" legal ability and "Very High" ethical standards.