Luse Gorman is Legal Counsel to Riverview Bank in its Proposed Sale of Branches to AmeriServ Financial Bank

January 15, 2021

On January 14, 2021, Riverview Bank, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, entered into an agreement to sell two branch operations located in Somerset County in southwestern Pennsylvania to AmeriServ Financial Bank, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. As of the date of the agreement, the related deposits totaled approximately $48 million and will be acquired for a 3.71% deposit premium.

Riverview Bank, which is the wholly-owned subsidiary of Riverview Financial Corporation, operates 27 community banking offices and three limited purpose offices located throughout Pennsylvania. Riverview Financial Corporation has approximately $1.4 billion in assets.

AmeriServ Financial Bank, which is the wholly-owned subsidiary of AmeriServ Financial, Inc., provides banking and wealth management services through 16 offices located in southwestern Pennsylvania and Hagerstown, Maryland, as well as loan production offices in Altoona and Monroeville, Pennsylvania. AmeriServ Financial, Inc. has approximately $1.3 billion in assets.

Luse Gorman served as legal counsel to Riverview Bank in the transaction. The Luse Gorman team consisted of Jeffrey Cardone, Benjamin Azoff, and Ellie Cook.

Luse Gorman has served as counsel on more than 100 financial institution mergers and acquisitions during the past five years, which is more than any other legal advisor during that time period. To learn more about our mergers and acquisitions practice, please visit our website.

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Luse Gorman Served as Legal Counsel to First Federal Bank of Wisconsin in its Acquisition of Mitchell Bank

January 6, 2021

On December 31, 2020, First Federal Bank of Wisconsin, a federally chartered stock savings bank and the wholly owned banking subsidiary of FFBW, Inc., Brookfield, Wisconsin (Nasdaq: FFBW) completed its acquisition of Mitchell Bank, a Wisconsin commercial bank located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Luse Gorman served as legal counsel to First Federal Bank of Wisconsin in the transaction. The Luse Gorman team consisted of Kip Weissman, Steven Lanter and Max Seltzer.

Luse Gorman has served as counsel on more than 100 financial institution mergers and acquisitions during the past five years, which is more than any other legal advisor during that time period. To learn more about our mergers and acquisitions practice, please visit our website.

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Luse Gorman is Legal Counsel to Berkshire Bank in its Proposed Sale of Branches to Investors Bank

December 7, 2020

On December 2, 2020, Berkshire Bank, Boston, Massachusetts, entered into an agreement to sell its Mid-Atlantic branches, consisting of six offices in New Jersey and two in Pennsylvania, to Investors Bank, Short Hills, New Jersey, subject to customary regulatory approvals.

Investors Bank, which is the wholly-owned subsidiary of Investors Bancorp, Inc., operates 155 branches located throughout New Jersey and New York, with approximately $26.6 billion in assets.

Berkshire Bank, which is the wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc., operates 130 banking offices in seven Northeastern states, with approximately $12.6 billion in assets.

Luse Gorman served as legal counsel to Berkshire Bank in the transaction. The Luse Gorman team consisted of Marc Levy, Lawrence Spaccasi, Max Seltzer and Ellie Cook.

Luse Gorman has served as counsel on more than 100 financial institution mergers and acquisitions during the past five years, which is more than any other legal advisor during that time period. To learn more about our mergers and acquisitions practice, please visit our website.

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