Kip Weissman has been representing financial institutions and their holding companies for more than 25 years. Mr. Weissman specializes in mutual holding companies, mutual-to-stock conversions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate and securities law, and executive compensation. He also advises clients on corporate restructurings, including Subchapter S and going private transactions, contests for corporate control and SEC and bank regulatory compliance issues.

Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Weissman was a Senior Attorney with the Corporation Finance and Enforcement Divisions of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Representative Transactions:

• Represented LaPorte Savings Bank, LaPorte, Indiana, on a combination mutual holding company formation, $18.8 million initial public offering and $19.6 million cash and stock acquisition of a public company.

• Represented Cullman Savings Bank, Cullman, Alabama, on a mutual holding company formation and $10.8 million public common stock offering.

• Represented Pioneer Bank, Roswell, New Mexico, on an innovative combination Subchapter S qualification transaction and $9.5 million rights offering and private placement.

• Represented West Bend Savings Bank and its private mutual holding company, WBSB Bancorp, Inc. in their acquisition of Continental Savings Bank, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

• Represented Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. as underwriter’s counsel in a $236.0 million initial public offering by a Pennsylvania mutual holding company.