Session Presenters
Scott Brown
Partner
Luse Gorman, PC
Larry Spaccasi
Partner
Luse Gorman, PC
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Scott Brown
Partner
Luse Gorman, PC
Scott Brown is a partner at Luse Gorman, PC. He has almost 25 years of experience representing financial institutions on a wide range of corporate and securities matters, including managing numerous merger and acquisition transactions and corporate reorganizations. Mr. Brown has represented issuers and underwriters in initial and secondary public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities and assisted companies in their reporting and disclosure obligations under federal securities laws. Mr. Brown routinely advises financial institutions with respect to various corporate governance, regulatory and compliance matters, including regulations applicable to corporations, directors, officers and principal shareholders.
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About the presenter
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Larry Spaccasi
Partner
Luse Gorman, PC
Larry Spaccasi is a partner at Luse Gorman, PC. Mr. Spaccasi has over 30 years of experience representing financial institutions on a wide range of securities, corporate, transactional, executive compensation and bank regulatory matters. He has counseled institutions on matters involving mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, de novo formations, enforcement actions, corporate governance, proxy contests and defensive strategies.
Prior to private practice, Mr. Spaccasi was senior counsel with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement, Financial Institutions Fraud Task Force and a senior attorney with the Division of Corporation Finance in Washington D.C. Mr. Spaccasi has authored numerous articles and publications and is a frequent speaker before state and national banking trade groups.
Breakout IV: Addressing Deal Certainty in Uncertain Times
This session focuses on the current regulatory climate with regard to M&A with an emphasis on changing regulatory standards for approval of transactions, hot button issues and potential regulatory threats to the successful and timely completion of a transaction. We also discuss the growing trend of non-traditional buyers (such as credit unions and investor groups) and the unique regulatory and diligence issues they raise. The session also provides examples of merger agreement provisions that can (and should) be considered when engaging with these non-traditional purchasers to better protect the seller. With the increased regulatory scrutiny of merger transactions, we also discuss ways to optimize the diligence process, including how to balance a party’s need to ascertain an entity’s regulatory standing while continuing to fulfill its obligations about the treatment of confidential supervisory information.
