Ned Quint is actively involved in representing financial institutions and their holding companies in a wide range of securities, corporate and regulatory matters. Mr. Quint specializes in stock offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate and securities law, stockholder relations and mutual-to-stock conversions.  He represents publicly traded banks and their holding companies on securities law and SEC matters, including stockholder disclosures, defensive strategies and dealing with activist stockholders.

Representative Transactions:

• Represented Northwest Bancshares, Inc., Warren, Pennsylvania, in its conversion from a mutual holding company to stock holding company and related $688.8 million common stock offering.

• Represented Citizens South Banking Corporation and Citizens South Bank, Gastonia, North Carolina, in the completion of a $30.0 million offering of convertible preferred securities, enabling Citizens South Bank to complete an FDIC-assisted acquisition of a commercial bank.

• Represented TFS Financial Corporation and Third Federal Savings and Loan Association, Cleveland, Ohio, in its $1.0 billion initial public offering of common stock.

• Represented Federal Trust Corporation, Sanford, Florida, in its sale to The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

• Represented Northfield Bancorp, Inc., Avenel, New Jersey, in its $192.7 million initial public offering of common stock and holding company reorganization.

• Represented BankFinancial, Burr Ridge, Illinois, in its holding company reorganization and $240.0 million initial public offering of common stock.