Beth Alexander Whitaker

Beth’s practice focuses on corporate transactions for community banks.

Beth’s practice focuses on corporate transactions and securities and regulatory representation of commercial banks, holding company, credit unions, thrifts and other financial institutions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, debt and equity offerings, and corporate finance transactions.

Relevant Experience

• Lead counsel in rights offering by public company.
• Structuring and raising equity and debt through public or private offerings, including six IPOs.
• Shareholder matters including share repurchases/tender offers, responses to activist investors and related corporate governance planning.
• Advises clients on securities law compliance and reporting obligations.
• Advises publicly traded clients on SEC and stock exchange compliance, public reporting and corporate governance matters.
• Advises clients on all matters related to the acquisition or sale of existing financial institutions and the acquisition, sale, establishment and relocation of branch offices.
• Awarded a top legal ranking in the US for the 10th year in a row in SNL Financial’s league tables for bank and thrift legal advisers. (2016)