Practice Areas
Education
- University of Chicago Law School, J.D., with honors, 2004
- Carleton College, B.A., magna cum laude with academic distinction, 1999
Bar & Court Admissions
- State of Illinois
- State of California (inactive)
Joseph T. Ceithaml
FAX: (312) 984-3150
Joseph is a member of the firm's financial institutions group and focuses his practice on corporate and regulatory matters. He regularly represents public and private banks and bank holding companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt offerings and other strategic corporate actions. In addition, Joseph assists the firm's public financial institutions with their continuing compliance with federal and state securities laws.
Prior to joining the firm, Joseph was an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he focused on public and private securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions involving large, publicly traded companies.
Representative Matters
- Capital Raising Transactions
Represented many financial institutions with respect to private placements of common stock, subordinated debentures and convertible subordinated debentures
- Securities Regulation and Compliance for Publicly-Traded Bank Holding Companies
Represent multiple publicly-traded bank holding companies
- Treasury's Capital Purchase Program
Represented a number of financial institutions with respect to their application and receipt of funds under Treasury's Capital Purchase Program
Professional Activities and Honors
- Adjunct Professor, Securities Law Graduate Program in Financial Services Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law (2008-present)