Ranked in 1 Practice Areas
3

Band 3

Corporate/Commercial

Alabama

1 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Maggie Johnson Cornelius

USA

Practice Areas

Public Company advisory

Corporate Governance

Securities Regulation

Corporate & Business Transactions

ESG Advisory

Career

Maggie is a Shareholder in the Firm’s Public Company Advisory and Securities Regulation and Corporate Finance practice groups.

She represents both private and publicly held companies in securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions and counsels public companies on a broad range of governance and compliance matters. Designated as a Certified Corporate Governance Professional® (CCGP) by the Society for Corporate Governance and the CCGP Commission, Maggie is distinguished as a leader in the area of corporate governance, an essential part of a company’s success, reputation, and stability.

Maggie chairs Maynard Nexsen’s ESG Advisory Group, which counsels public and private companies on environmental, social and governance (ESG) compliance and disclosure issues, and assists companies of all sizes and in all industries with ESG program development and implementation. Our ESG Advisory Group recognizes that companies confront different ESG issues and are in varying stages with respect to developing their ESG programs, and we provide tailored, balanced, and practical advice.

Additionally, Maggie regularly assists publicly held companies with insider ownership reporting and annual, quarterly, and current reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. She also counsels both new and established public companies regarding their public reporting obligations and other issues related to their public company status, including compliance with the Dodd-Frank Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and NYSE and NASDAQ listing standards.

Awards

Best Lawyers in America for Securities/Capital Markets Law (2020-2024)

Best Lawyers in America

Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Law (2025)

Experience

Some of Maggie's experience includes:

-Represented a Nasdaq-listed healthcare company in its $2.3 billion acquisition by a leading national health services company

-Represented a Nasdaq-listed healthcare company in two underwritten secondary offerings of over $400 million in common stock

-Represented a NYSE-listed healthcare company in an A/B exchange offer of an aggregate of $700 million in aggregate principal amount of senior notes

-Represented a Nasdaq-listed healthcare company in a Rule 144A offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes

-Represented a registered bank holding company in its underwritten initial public offering of common stock and listing on the Nasdaq Global Select Market

-Represented a NYSE-listed insurance holding company in underwritten public offerings of $125 million aggregate principal amount of junior subordinated debentures and $300 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes

Education

Vanderbilt University Law School

J.D.

2006 - 2009

College of William and Mary

B.A., cum laude

2002 - 2006

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Corporate/Commercial - Alabama

3
Band 3
Individual Editorial

Maggie Johnson Cornelius is recommended for securities transactions, as well as for the full scope of governance and reporting mandates.

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