He has been involved in more than 200 financial institutions mergers and acquisitions/securities offerings, with aggregate deal value totaling over $85 billion, including representing LaSalle Bank in its $20 billion sale to Bank of America.

He also assists financial institutions in strategic growth initiatives involving new products, services and franchise expansion, including assisting with the organization of de novo state and national banks. He is a frequent speaker on financial institution law matters, serves as an executive editor of the Financial Services Report and was selected by Crain’s Chicago Business as one of the top business leaders in Chicago. Mr. McKay has been selected by his peers as a “Leading Lawyer” and as an “Illinois Super Lawyer”, and received an “AV Preeminent” Peer Rating in Martindale-Hubbell. As an authority on bank mergers and acquisitions and regulatory matters, Mr. McKay has been cited in publications such as the Bank Director Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, American Banker, Crain’s Chicago Business and the Chicago Tribune.

Since 2022, Mr. McKay has been recognized by Best Lawyers in the Banking and Finance Law category, as well as the Financial Services Regulation Law category.

Mr. McKay has held various management positions at Vedder Price, including Chair of the Corporate practice area, Chair of the Financial Institutions group and Chair of the Associate Evaluation Committee, as well as membership on the firm’s Board of Directors, Compensation Committee and Strategic Planning Committee.

For a number of years, Mr. McKay taught banking law and regulation at Loyola University School of Law. Prior to joining Vedder Price, Mr. McKay served as an attorney with a banking boutique law firm in Washington, DC, and was a bank regulatory attorney with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, where he was assigned to the Securities and Corporate Division and Office of Enforcement of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Washington, DC. Mr. McKay has also received training from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Mr. McKay is a member of the Union League Club of Chicago and is the past president and member of the Executive Committee at the Hinsdale Golf Club. Mr. McKay and his family reside in Hinsdale, Illinois.