- Business & Corporate
- Commercial Finance
- Community Banking
- Cooperative Law
- Corporate Governance
- Dealers & Manufacturer Relations
- Environmental
- Estates & Trusts
- Executive Compensation & Agreements
- Litigation
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity Funds
- Real Estate & Land Use
- Real Estate Finance
- Securities & Corporate Finance
- Securities Enforcement & Litigation
- Sustainability
Community Banking
Roberts Kaplan LLP is a leading provider of legal services to community banks throughout the western United States. With over 100 years of combined experience focused on financial institutions, we have a thorough understanding of the unique business issues of the banking industry.
- Strategic Planning – Management and board guidance on corporate governance, raising capital, regulatory matters, enhancing shareholder value, growth through acquisition, divestitures, planning for mergers or branch sales, and takeover strategies and defenses
- Capital/Securities - Private placements and public offerings; trust preferred offerings; convertible and subordinated debt; state and federal securities law compliance; TARP programs
- Regulatory Matters – Negotiating and complying with memoranda of understanding, supervisory directives, written agreements and cease and desist orders; litigating enforcement actions; state and federal regulatory compliance for operations
- Corporate Organization and Structure - De novo bank organization; bank holding company formations; Subchapter S conversions; going private transactions
- Mergers & Acquisitions – Developing growth strategies; negotiating, drafting agreements and securing regulatory approval for mergers and acquisitions, branch acquisitions and asset divestitures
- Corporate Governance – Governance practices for publicly-traded companies and privately held institutions; Sarbanes-Oxley compliance; codes of ethics; board committee structure and charters; shareholder communications; special committees and corporate investigations
- Securities Compliance - Periodic SEC filings; proxy statements; Section 16 reporting for directors and officers; insider trading policies; and stock market listing requirements
- Executive Compensation – Employment, severance, change-in-control and non-competition agreements; management compensation reviews and analysis; bonus plans; stock option, restricted stock and equity based incentive plans; employee stock purchase plans; deferred compensation and supplemental executive retirement plans; general employment matters
- Lending – Drafting and negotiation of standard and unique loan documents; loan document compliance reviews; complex real estate and asset-based lending transactions
- Real Estate – Property acquisitions and dispositions; headquarter facilities; branch leases; ground lease and sale-leaseback transactions; ATM agreements; portfolio acquisitions and dispositions; subletting and assignment; facilities management; and construction issues