Bernard L. Russell

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