Jonathan Hightower
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New Factors Impacting Bank M&A
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Jonathan Hightower
Partner
Jonathan Hightower is a partner at Fenimore Kay Harrison LLP, and focuses his practice in financial institutions law, including corporate, regulatory and securities work. Mr. Hightower represents banks and trust companies throughout the country, with a particular focus on the Southeast. In the course of his practice, he regularly advises banks and their boards of directors on their strategic plans, including organic and acquisition growth plans, sale transactions, strategic mergers and capital raises, as well as on complex regulatory issues. Mr. Hightower represents investment banking firms in connection with public and private capital raises, delivery of fairness opinions and strategic transactions.
As the industry heads into 2017, new factors including commercial real estate concentrations and a potential rise in interest rates could affect the pace of mergers and acquisitions. In this video, Jim McAlpin and Jonathan Hightower, both partners at Bryan Cave LLP, detail the drivers of M&A.
- What is driving M&A in today’s environment?
- What could shift M&A expectations in 2017?
- What was the best deal announced in 2016?
- What makes a successful deal?
WRITTEN BY
Jonathan Hightower
Partner
Jonathan Hightower is a partner at Fenimore Kay Harrison LLP, and focuses his practice in financial institutions law, including corporate, regulatory and securities work. Mr. Hightower represents banks and trust companies throughout the country, with a particular focus on the Southeast. In the course of his practice, he regularly advises banks and their boards of directors on their strategic plans, including organic and acquisition growth plans, sale transactions, strategic mergers and capital raises, as well as on complex regulatory issues. Mr. Hightower represents investment banking firms in connection with public and private capital raises, delivery of fairness opinions and strategic transactions.