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Banking & Finance
The firm is actively involved in all areas of banking and finance
practice. In banking, the firm handles a wide variety of matters,
including formation of multi-bank holding companies, bank mergers and
acquisitions, and general commercial and regulatory matters affecting
the banking industry. The firm has been active in the legislative
arena, including the rapidly changing area of interstate banking.
Its attorneys handle all various operational needs of financial
institutions, including state and federal regulatory matters, consumer
law issues, employee relations, collections, bankruptcy claims, and
contract and document reviews. In addition, the firm’s litigation
attorneys handle a wide variety of complex commercial litigation on
behalf of financial institutions.
In the area of finance and transactions, firm attorneys routinely document
secured and unsecured loans to commercial business enterprises.
These attorneys have served as bank counsel to governmental entities and
charitable organizations. They are also extensively involved in
agricultural lending as well as the documentation and closing of loans
secured by real property, including private and public development
projects.
Firm attorneys often counsel banks in the area of environmental liability.
The firm’s environmental attorneys work with bank officials during all
phases of loan transactions, and provide comprehensive seminars to
commercial loan officers on ways to minimize environmental risks
associated with such transactions.
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