Practice Areas
Education
- B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1976; Phi Beta Kappa
- J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1980, with high honors; Order of Coif; Managing Editor, North Carolina Law Review
Bar & Court Admissions
- North Carolina, 1980
James (Jim) W. Hovis
Managing member of the MVA Charlotte office since 1992 and head of the firm’s nationally renowned Financial Services section, Jim Hovis brings decades of sophisticated, high-level experience to his finance and capital markets practice.
He regularly represents national and regional financial institutions in complex financing transactions, including:
- Acquisition and leveraged buyout financing
- Subordinated debt facilities
- Syndicated finance facilities of all types
- Lease financings, utilizing both tax and synthetic structures
- Complex debt restructurings involving multiple classes of capital
Of Note
Active in numerous civic groups and youth sports organizations.
News
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- North Carolina Bar Association