T.V. Adams
Managing Director

Mr. Adams is an experienced businessman, attorney, banker and entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience arranging deals and representing business owners. Since joining Chapman in 1990, Adams has worked with numerous sellers and buyers and has successfully consummated more than 30 sales or acquisitions.

Prior to joining Chapman, T.V. was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Northwestern Financial Corporation and, after a successful merger, became Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of First Union Corporation, (now Wachovia Corporation, the country's fourth largest bank). In that capacity he worked on more than 30 acquisitions, mergers and divestitures in the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee, involving more than 55 separate banks and financial institutions and more than $30 billion in assets.

During most of the 1990's Adams was also co-owner of a truckload, dry van carrier based in the Carolinas. During his ownership, this carrier more than tripled its revenue before being sold to a larger carrier at significant profit. It was during the ownership of this company that T.V. expanded his knowledge and experience in the transportation industry.

T.V. earned his law degree with honors from the University of North Carolina Law School where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served on the staff of the North Carolina Law Review. He also recieved a M.Ed. degree in Business from East Carolina University and an A. B. degree with a major in Economics from Davidson College.

Adams represents Chapman in the Southeast United States and specializes in the transportation industry. He and his wife have homes in Charlotte, North Carolina and Kiawah Island, South Carolina.

Industry practice groups:
Transportation

Contact information

6201 Fairview Road, Suite 200
Charlotte, NC 28210

Telephone (704) 364-0064
Fax (704) 552-6332

E-Mail: tvadams@chapman-usa.com