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Troutman Pepper Advises Pathfinder Bancorp in Acquisition of Berkshire Bank Branch
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INDUSTRY
Community Banking
We are committed to helping our community bank clients capture market opportunities and navigate the difficult regulatory environment.
We have a long history of serving community banks during which we have forged strong relationships with and become trusted, go-to counsel for our clients. We often serve as the principal outside counsel for community banks; as a result, our attorneys offer well-rounded and creative legal and business advice that focuses on the needs of these valuable institutions.
We advise community bank clients in the following areas:
- Regulation and compliance.
- Mergers and acquisitions.
- Securities and capital markets.
- Mortgage, financial technology, and other financial services.
- Lending and leasing transactions.
- Permitted activities and related business lines.
- Capital formation.
- All other areas of community bank business and legal requirements.
To better serve our community bank clients, we have also developed broad, multidisciplinary teams that include employee benefits, lending, litigation, real estate, tax and estate planning, and other attorneys focused specifically on the needs of community banks.
Representative Matters
Assisted and advised numerous groups in connection with all aspects involved in the formation of new community banks and bank holding companies.
Advised banks on public and private offerings of common and preferred stock and senior and subordinated debt, including recapitalizations, at-the-market and registered direct offerings, and transactions involving warrants and other convertible securities.
Represented buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions involving whole banks, failed banks, branches, and bulk-asset transactions.
Advised clients with respect to safety and soundness and compliance issues, and negotiating and resolving matters with regulators, including with respect to entering into and complying with existing enforcement actions.
Advised officers and directors on corporate governance and liability issues.
Assisted banks with employee benefit and executive compensation issues.
Advised on third-party technology and outsourced services contracts, diversification into new lines of business, and other discrete legal issues such as S elections and going-private transactions.
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Speaking Engagements
Bank Director’s Bank Board Forum
September 8, 2025
JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort
400 S Collier Blvd., Marco Island, FL 34145
Speaking Engagements
Pennsylvania Association of Community Bankers 2025 Maximizing Mutuality Conference
May 8 – 9, 2025
The Nittany Lion Inn
200 W. Park Avenue, State College, PA 16803
Firm News
Troutman Pepper Advises Pathfinder Bancorp in Acquisition of East Syracuse Branch
March 5, 2024
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