Tina McRae
Principal
Tina specializes in corporate and securities law, with particular emphasis on complex transactions, strategic decision-making and a comprehensive big picture approach to business problems and opportunities. Tina has broad experience advising public and private company clients on a broad range of regulatory and transactional matters. She advises funds, family offices and individual investors on formation and regulatory compliance, investor issues and portfolio company investment. She also advises growing companies on corporate governance, equity and debt financing transactions and exit transactions of all types.
Background
After graduating from law school at the University of Virginia, Tina practiced as an in-house corporate and securities attorney at Norfolk Southern Corporation, a Fortune 500 NYSE company, until becoming one of the founding members of Kaleo Legal.
Tina has experience with all areas of corporate governance and compliance, including drafting complex governing documents, advising boards and management, drafting and implementing policies and education programs, and conducting investigations and reviews. She has served as advisor for boards of directors of public companies, including as special advisor to the audit committee, and as counsel to directors in their roles as board members and committee chairmen of public companies. Tina has experience advising venture capital and private equity funds, and various companies in the financial services industry. She has extensive investor and company-side financing experience including seed, angel and follow-on venture capital rounds and private equity rounds. Tina advises companies of all sizes in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other strategic transactions. She has acquired particular expertise in facilitating corporate structure and strategy decisions, and in counseling growing companies on financing and growth decisions. Tina also has extensive experience structuring and drafting executive compensation programs.
Past Work Experience: Norfolk Southern Corporation
Professional Affiliations: VBA, Member of the Board of Governors of the Business Law Section of the Virginia State Bar, 757 Angels Board Member and former Chair, ACG757 Executive Committee member, d’Art Center Board Member and former Chair, former member of the Board of Women in Venture, the Investment Committee of Venture South, and the Board of Directors of 757 Collab.
Awards & Honors: UVA Z Society Shannon Award, Virginia Law Review, Order of the Coif, Raven Society, Inside Business Women in Business Achievement Award; Best Lawyers 2024-2026; Chambers and Partners 2020-2026; Virginia’s Legal 250 2026; Virginia Lawyers Weekly 2025 Influential Women of Law.
Bar Admissions: Virginia
Practice areas
- Corporate Law
- Securities Law
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Corporate Governance and Compliance
- Executive Compensation
- Fund Formation and Governance