De Novo Bank Formation

Our Financial Institutions Group attorneys have extensive experience in representing private venture funds, investor groups and individual executives in the formation and operation of de novo institutions.  We offer a turnkey representation for de novo bank organizers that includes regulatory applications, executive compensation and equity-based compensation planning, business plan review, equity offerings, contract review and technology/cybersecurity review.

Our experience ranges from representing a de novo bank that raised the largest equity offering in Illinois to assisting in the formation of the largest bank fund investing in de novo banking institutions in the United States.