#1 Banking M&A Legal Advisor in Midwest
For 2014, SNL Financial ranked Barack Ferrazzano as the #1 legal advisor in the Midwest by number of announced bank and thrift merger and acquisition transactions. Since expanding into Minnesota in 2013, our Financial Institutions Group has become one of the top legal advisors in the State for M&A. In 2014, our Group acted as legal counsel in a number of high-profile M&A transactions, including:
- Alerus Financial, NA (Grand Forks, ND)
Acquisition of Private Bank Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN) - Anchor Bank, NA (St. Paul, MN)
Pending acquisition of the assets of Voyager Bank (Eden Prairie, MN) - Eastwood Bank (Rochester, MN)
Pending sale to Bremer Bank, NA (St. Paul, MN) - MidWestOne Bank (Iowa City, IA)
Pending merger with Central Bank (Golden Valley, MN)
For more information about these transactions or the community banking M&A market in this region, please contact:
Joseph T. Ceithaml
Upper Midwest Leader
Minneapolis: 952.500.9991
joseph.ceithaml@bfkn.com
“We are proud to offer financial institutions in the upper Midwest an aggressive, energetic option for legal services. We have one of the deepest benches of any banking group in the country and believe no other firm can match our combination of talent, responsiveness and experience.” – Joseph Ceithaml
Barack Ferrazzano Financial Institutions Group
In recent years, our 30-attorney group has represented more than 250 financial institutions across the country. Our M&A experience is unparalleled—over the past decade, our Group ranked #1 in the Midwest region by number of announced bank and thrift merger and acquisition transactions, according to SNL Financial.
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