General Info:
Luse Gorman Luse Gorman is a Washington, D.C. based law firm that represents financial institutions and other business enterprises in corporate, securities, bank regulatory, tax, transactional, governance and employee benefits and executive compensation matters. Our law firm offers an exceptional combination of knowledge and experience that is derived from the extraordinary number of securities offerings and merger and acquisition transactions that we have handled, combined with a strong team of regulatory lawyers that have worked for the federal banking agencies and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Few firms in the nation can match our depth of experience in the financial services industry. We are on the "cutting edge" of capital raising efforts by financial institutions which, along with our experience, enables us to anticipate issues before they become obstacles to completing a transaction. Our long-standing relationships with the regulators allows our clients access to key decision makers at the federal and state bank regulatory agencies who are responsible for approving applications and transactions. During the past decade, we have acted as counsel for more than 150 public offerings (including more than 100 initial public offerings), and for more than 100 merger and acquisition transactions. As important, our expertise and depth of practice means that we do not have to "reinvent the wheel" for our clients which translates into greater efficiencies and fewer execution risks in completing transactions for our clients. We are ranked consistently among the top ten law firms in the United States in total public stock offerings registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We are also ranked consistently among the top ten law firms in bank and savings bank merger and acquisition transactions. We are ranked number one in total initial public offerings by banks and savings banks since 2000. Moreover, in 2009 and 2008 we were ranked number one nationally by SNL Securities and American Banker in total bank merger and acquisition transactions. Simply put, we are the premier law firm in the United States for community bank mergers and acquisitions and capital raising transactions. Our clients include banks, saving banks, financial holding companies, domestic and foreign money center banks, credit unions, insurance companies, investment banks and, to a lesser extent, high-technology companies and industrial corporations. Our financial institutions clients range from small community and de novo banks to large international banking organizations.