Bradley Arant Boult Cummings provides a broad array of legal services to clients in the financial services industry. We are experienced in the formation and capitalization of banks, bank holding companies, financial holding companies, credit unions, small business investment companies (SBICs), community development financial institutions (CDFIs) and other non-bank financial institutions.
We provide corporate governance advice to privately held and publicly traded financial institutions of all types. We handle mergers and acquisitions, whether friendly or hostile, as well as dispositions of financial institutions.
We assist with secured, unsecured, and asset-based lending activities, including industrial development and other tax-exempt financing, tax increment financing, synthetic leases, securitization, equipment financing, and multi-lender syndication. We have deep experience in commercial real estate development and financing, including governmental incentives and loans originated for securitization by conduits, banks, investment banks and insurance companies.
We understand the application of technology to the financial sector, representing internet banking hosting companies, ACH service providers, and bank-related software vendors.