Practice Areas
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions/Securities
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Education
- A.B., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1969
- J.D., Columbia University, 1973; Board of Editors, Columbia Law Review; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
Bar & Court Admissions
- North Carolina, 1977
- New York, 1974 (inactive)
Stephen (Steve) D. Hope
Steve Hope, a senior member of the firm's corporate law section, counsels numerous, diverse clients on a wide range of business legal issues, focusing on structuring and negotiating complex merger and acquisition transactions and corporate finance transactions.
His corporate finance experience includes representing borrowers in various loan structures.
Mr. Hope has lectured widely and authored articles for seminars and presentations sponsored by the North Carolina Bar Association and other professional organizations.
Before joining Moore & Van Allen in 1977, he practiced law with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York City.
Mr. Hope has been named to the 2004-2007 Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers (Corporate/M&A) for Business in North Carolina, 2003-2008 Best Lawyers in America (Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions and Securities 2003-2006 and Corporate Law and Corporate Governance 2007-2008), 2004-2008 Business North Carolina's "Legal Elite" (Business Law), and 2006-2008 Law & Politics' "North Carolina Super Lawyers" (Mergers & Acquisitions, Business/Corporate, Securities & Corporate Finance.)
Of Note
- Past chairman, Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Business Law Section Council, North Carolina Bar Association
- Past member, Business Law Curriculum Committee, North Carolina Bar Foundation
- North Carolina liaison to the American Bar Association Corporate Laws Committee
- Active in civic and cultural activities, having served as:
- Member, Charlotte Country Day School Board of Trustees
- President, Charlotte City Ballet
- Board member, Charlotte Repertory Theatre
- Member, Arts & Science Council Operating Grant Panel
News
- Twenty Five MVA attorneys named NC Super Lawyers
- Seventeen Moore & Van Allen Attorneys Named Legal Elite
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association: Business Law Section
- North Carolina Bar Association