Bernard Russell maintains a banking, securities and corporate practice, and has significant experience in federal and state banking regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions, bank securities offerings, bank consumer products, non-deposit investment products and commercial transactions.
Practice Highlights- Representation of large thrift institution in more than 20 acquisitions of savings banks, savings associations, commercial banks and financial services institutions
- Representation of community banks in a variety of acquisition or sales transactions
- Representation of depository institutions of all sizes in general corporate, regulatory, financing transactional and product development matters
- Formation of trust companies, qualification of trust companies to do business in Washington state and operational issues pertaining to the business of trust companies
- Handling of financing agreements and treasury function for large Northwest-based retailer with worldwide locations
- Representation of large sovereign wealth fund in connection with investments in U.S. financial institutions