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Financial Institutions
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Matthew Galo
Partner
Chicago
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Expansion Activities and Mergers and Acquisitions

Schiff Hardin has deep experience in financial institutions acquisition transactions, including:

  • Inter- and intrastate acquisitions of banks
  • Thrifts and trust companies
  • Bank and thrift branch acquisitions
  • Holding company formations
  • Merger conversions of mutual thrifts
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) assisted transactions
  • Thrift supervisory acquisitions
  • Acquisitions of non-banking businesses
  • Dispositions and redemptions of minority interests
  • Charter conversions
  • Branch applications
  • Home office relocations

We also have extensive experience representing financial institutions in planning for, and defending against, unsolicited takeovers, including such defensive measures as:

  • Shareholder rights plans
  • Charter and bylaw amendments
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
  • Executive severance agreements
  • "White knight" transactions

 
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