Luse Gorman, PC is pleased to announce that we are again the No. 1 legal advisor in the nation, based on number of transactions, for bank merger and acquisitions as reported by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The firm served as counsel for 23 merger transactions in 2019, covering a broad spectrum of deal types and… Read more »
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Luse Gorman is Legal Counsel to Northfield Bancorp, Inc. in Its Proposed Acquisition of VSB Bancorp, Inc.
On December 23, 2019, Northfield Bancorp, Inc., Woodbridge, New Jersey, the holding company for Northfield Bank, and VSB Bancorp, Inc., Staten Island, New York, the holding company for Victory State Bank, entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which VSB Bancorp will merge with and into Northfield Bancorp, with Northfield Bancorp as the resulting… Read more »
Luse Gorman is Legal Counsel to FSB Bancorp, Inc. in Its Proposed Merger with Evans Bancorp, Inc.
On December 19, 2019, FSB Bancorp, Inc., Fairport, New York, the bank holding company for Fairport Savings Bank, and Evans Bancorp, Inc., Hamburg, New York, the financial holding company for Evans Bank, entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which FSB Bancorp will merge with and into Evans Bancorp, with Evans Bancorp as the… Read more »
FDIC Proposes to Modernize its Brokered Deposit Rules
To our clients and friends: On December 12, 2019, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (the “Proposed Rule”) to modernize certain aspects of the FDIC’s brokered deposit regulatory framework so that the classification of a brokered deposit appropriately reflects technological changes in the banking industry. The Proposed Rule… Read more »
Luse Gorman is Legal Counsel to Kearny Financial Corp. in Its Proposed Merger with MSB Financial Corp.
On December 18, 2019, Kearny Financial Corp., Fairfield, New Jersey, and MSB Financial Corp., Millington, New Jersey, entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which MSB will merge with and into Kearny, with Kearny as the resulting company. MSB shareholders will be eligible to elect to receive 1.3 shares of Kearny common stock or… Read more »