Steven Lanter represents financial institutions and their holding companies in a wide range of matters, including securities offerings, annual SEC representation, stockholder relations, mutual holding companies, mutual-to-stock conversions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate and securities law, and general bank regulatory matters.

Representative Transactions:

• Represented Peoples Federal Savings Bank, Brighton, Massachusetts, in its mutual-to-stock conversion and $72.0 million initial public offering.

• Represented OBA Bank, Gaithersburg, Maryland, in its mutual-to-stock conversion and $46.0 million initial public offering.

• Represented Esquire Bank, Brooklyn, New York, in its de novo formation and subsequent stock offerings.

• Represented shareholder group in successful proxy contest to gain control of Board of CryoCell International, Inc.

• Represented Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. as underwriter’s counsel in a $14.8 million initial public offering by a Pennsylvania savings bank.