Hinckley, Allen’s Banking and Financial Services Team regularly counsel directors, senior management, compliance and line officers of banks and financial institutions across a wide array of transactional, corporate governance, regulatory and compliance matters. The services provided by our Banking and Financial Services attorneys include:
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; TRANSACTIONAL WORK
We are experienced in bank mergers and acquisitions, branch acquisitions and sales, and other asset and liability sales transactions (e.g. sales of deposits). In addition to having a breadth of experience in mergers and acquisitions in this field, we are experienced with unique acquisition structures, including advising and coordinating a $2 billion mutual to stock IPO/double merger transaction.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND SECURITIES MATTERS
We have served as counsel to hundreds of financial institutions on a wide variety of corporate and securities matters, including common stock, trust preferred securities and debt offerings (both private and public) and periodic reporting. Examples of the corporate governance services we provide include: advising on appropriate corporate structures and charters, formations of holding companies and advising on Board of Director issues.
REGULATORY AND COMPLIANCE MATTERS
We advise financial institutions on the full spectrum of regulatory compliance concerns that affect the financial services industry. Our team of specialists keep abreast of ongoing regulatory developments, and they are available to answer day-to-day compliance questions as well as assist in complex product development issues. We frequently help our clients to obtain regulatory approval for new initiatives and negotiate agreements with regulatory agencies. We are also often called upon to advise acquiring institutions on regulatory compliance issues that arise during due diligence and deal structuring (e.g., BSA, predatory lending, fair lending, etc.).more 