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Financial Institutions
Corporate governance; mergers & acquisitions
Financial institutions often look to mergers, acquisitions and divestitures as ways of promoting growth and better meeting customer needs. Porter Wright’s rich history of representing financial institutions gives us an extensive working knowledge and thorough understanding of the issues involved in these transactions. Click here for an attachment pdf of SNL Financial's current Bank, Thrift & Asset Manager-Industry News report.

Our attorneys plan, negotiate and close merger and acquisition transactions involving financial institutions, including matters involving SEC registration and proxy solicitation. In addition, we are well versed in the corporate governance issues that have become increasingly important to financial institutions of all kinds. Representative recent transactions include:

  • Bank and holding company acquisitions
  • Holding company formation
  • De novo bank formation
  • Branch sales
  • Insurance agency acquisition
  • Resolution of antitrust considerations in acquisitions
  • Private equity acquisition of a bank
  • Creation of executive deferred compensation plan
  • Conversion of a mutual association to stock ownership
  • Acquisition of a failing financial institution

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    Mergers & Acquisitions - Business transactions