Financial Institutions M&A and Regulatory Compliance

Representative Experience

• Representing Community West Bancshares, a bank holding company, in merger with Central Valley Community Bancorp. The all-stock transaction was valued at approximately $99 million.
• Representing PCB Financial Inc., a California corporation, in its stock and cash acquisition through merger of Northern California Bancorp, Inc., and NCB's wholly-owned subsidiary Monterey County Bank.
• Represented Commerce Bancshares in the sale of its corporate trust business to UMB.
• Represented Associated Banc-Corp in the sale of the insurance business, Associated Benefits & Risk Consulting, to USI Insurance Services, LLC, for $265.8 million.
• Represented credit union in largest-ever acquisition of bank branches in the United States.
• Represented major credit union in successfully resolving several potentially significant claims asserted by state regulators. Successfully resolved all issues so it could continue to operate its indirect lending program.
• Represented credit union in dissolution proceedings before regulators. Communicated with credit union members to dissolve both in compliance with state law and to benefit members.
• Advised numerous buyers and sellers of banks and bank holding companies.
• Represented independent members of boards of directors of mutual funds, bank holding companies, manufacturing companies and insurance companies on fundamental transactions.
• Represented hedge fund in obtaining first-time ruling from Federal Reserve Bank granting hedge funds holding non-voting TARP shares of a bank holding company the right to participate in appointment of two members of the board directors.
• Represented numerous bank holding companies in acquisition or disposition of other bank holding companies or commercial banks.
• Counseled bank holding company with assets of $500 million in going public and led subsequent acquisitions of target bank holding companies in tax-free transactions, thereby increasing asset size to more than $1 billion by time it was acquired by a larger bank holding company.
• Represented $2 billion bank in its acquisition of a bank holding company and several branch acquisitions.
• Represented bank holding company in the acquisition of a bank under a consent order, including navigating the regulatory applications and approval process.