Grant Butler is a K&L Gates partner representing financial institutions, fintech companies, and asset managers on a variety of regulatory and transactional matters, with particular emphasis on financial services regulatory matters, financial industry mergers and acquisitions, and other financial services-related corporate transactions. Grant serves as a co-lead of the firm’s Banking industry group. He is recognized by Chambers USA for his work for his work in the areas of Banking & Finance. He advises clients on regulatory issues related to the Dodd-Frank Act, the structuring of domestic and foreign investments and activities in compliance with the Bank Holding Company Act, transactions between banks and affiliates, capital raising initiatives, securities and insurance activities of banks, consumer financial product offerings, fiduciary activities, and structuring and operating pooled investment vehicles. He also counsels clients with respect to corporate governance, operational matters, risk management, consumer financial regulatory matters, bank partnerships, collective investment funds, financial institution formation and reorganization transactions, and choosing and structuring appropriate charters or license structures for their business needs. He represents a variety of financial services companies before federal and state regulatory agencies, with respect to licensing, business combination, and enforcement matters. Grant’s practice also includes advising nondepository trust companies on regulatory, corporate, and fiduciary matters.

Peter Buck is a managing director in the financial services group at Piper Sandler & Co.

Prior to this role, Mr. Buck was a managing director in the investment banking group of Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. where he provided merger and acquisition, capital raising and overall strategic planning advice for financial institutions nationwide.  Mr.  Buck helped clients structure over 50 M&A transactions and was involved in numerous capital raising transactions. Recent representative transactions include First Foundation Inc.’s $150 million offering of subordinated notes, FinWise Bancorp’s $42 million IPO, SoFi’s acquisition of Golden Pacific Bancorp and Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc.’s $3.5 billion sale to Silver Lake and P2 Capital Partners.

John Freechack is a managing director in the financial services group at Piper Sandler & Co.  With more than 15 years of financial services experience as both an investment banker and a commercial banker, Mr. Freechack brings extensive knowledge of the regional and community bank sector.  He concentrates on M&A and capital raising in the banking sector, primarily in the upper Midwest, and has completed more than 50 transactions totaling over $4 billion in deal value.

Joe Regan is a director at Piper Sandler & Co.  His responsibilities include transaction execution and strategic advisory, with a focus on U.S. depository institutions.

Adam Smith is a partner at K&L Gates LLP, and is based out of the firm’s Nashville office.  Mr. Smith is a member of the firm’s corporate, mergers and acquisitions practice.  He represents clients across industries in connection with corporate, merger and acquisition and securities matters.  A significant portion of his practice involves the representation of regulated financial institutions.  Mr. Smith counsels both publicly traded and privately held banks and bank holding companies.  He counsels financial services companies, with respect to mergers and acquisitions, public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, corporate governance and regulatory matters and general day-to-day corporate and operational issues.

Rob Tammero is a partner in K&L Gates’ Boston office. Rob represents companies in a range of corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings, and corporate governance. He advises buyers and sellers of businesses and assets, investors, and companies raising capital. Rob’s practice includes representation of financial institutions and their holding companies, fintech companies, investment funds, and other financial service providers in corporate, transactional, and regulatory matters. Prior to joining the firm, Rob was an associate in the corporate and securities section of a national, Boston-based law firm. Before entering private practice, Rob served as a law clerk with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.