Charles is a Shareholder in Maynard Nexsen’s Private Markets practice group with a specific focus on supporting the compliance functions of private equity and venture capital firms and their portfolio companies. He is passionate about making compliance a value add for businesses, and ensuring compliance with the law while avoiding negative impacts to efficiency and profitability.
Charles advises clients on compliance program design and implementation, and conducts tailored assessments and trainings to mitigate risk around areas including anti-corruption, sanctions, import/export, antitrust, data privacy, anti-money laundering, ESG, and other regulatory requirements. Such assistance can come at all stages of the M&A cycle and will be relevant for a wide range of industries – for companies looking to make themselves more attractive for investors to the diligence process itself to the uplift or mitigation that may need to occur post-closing. Charles also has strong experience assisting PE/VC firms with the specific regulatory considerations relevant for registered investment advisors.
Charles also provides legal counsel to businesses and executives facing or looking to prevent government investigations and enforcement actions and has navigated clients through investigations involving the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other state and federal regulatory and enforcement agencies. Finally, Charles assists companies in conducting internal investigations.
Prior to Maynard Nexsen, Charles worked with Husch Blackwell LLP in Washington, DC. Charles earned his J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law and holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Washington and Lee University.
