Schiff Hardin has deep experience in financial institutions acquisition transactions, including:

• Inter- and intrastate acquisitions of banks
• Thrifts and trust companies
• Bank and thrift branch acquisitions
• Holding company formations
• Merger conversions of mutual thrifts
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) assisted transactions
• Thrift supervisory acquisitions
• Acquisitions of non-banking businesses
• Dispositions and redemptions of minority interests
• Charter conversions
• Branch applications
• Home office relocations

We also have extensive experience representing financial institutions in planning for, and defending against, unsolicited takeovers, including such defensive measures as:

• Shareholder rights plans
• Charter and bylaw amendments
• Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
• Executive severance agreements
• "White knight" transactions