Our Focus. Our firm focuses on representing banks and financial institutions throughout the United States. We focus our practice on matters that require the attention, extensive experience, expertise and reputation of our partners. As such, we provide partner-intensive service. At all times, our clients are afforded the direct personal attention of partners having expertise and sophistication with respect to the issues. We provide legal advice on all facets of banking, corporate and regulatory law on both a state and federal level. Our practice focus includes:
- Bank mergers and acquisitions
- Problem/troubled bank acquisitions
- FDIC-assisted/failed bank acquisitions
- Purchases and sales of branches and subsidiaries
- Regulatory compliance matters, including disputing regulatory findings and addressing issues involving enforcement actions
- Bank holding company formations
- Public and private offerings/placements of debt and equity securities
- Public company reporting and securities compliance
- Charter conversions and mutual-to-stock conversions
- De novo bank charters
- Subchapter S conversions and other related issues
- Employment agreements, employee benefits, retirement planning, director and employee compensation and/or retirement plans
- Proxy contest and hostile takeover matters
- Going private transactions
- Bank regulatory applications and change-in-bank control filings
- Corporate governance matters
- Strategic planning matters
- Ownership succession planning
Our Fee and Billing Arrangements. We offer flexibility and alternatives in rate, billing and fee structures. We can present a range of fee structures so that, together with our client, we can collaboratively determine the best financial fit for each situation. Our goal is to present a fee structure to each client that will ensure that its expectations are always met. Our fees may be contingent, flat, hourly, mixed, or a blend thereof, and we can offer maximum flexibility when it comes to finding a fee structure that works for each matter and each client.