Luse Gorman Served as Legal Counsel to Provident Financial Services, Inc. in its $225.0 Million Subordinated Debt Issuance

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On May 13, 2024, Provident Financial Services, Inc., Iselin, New Jersey, the holding company for Provident Bank, completed a public offering of $225.0 million of its 9.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2034.  This was the first completed Kroll-rated public offering of subordinated notes for a bank holding company since 2022. Luse Gorman served as legal counsel… Read more »

Luse Gorman is Legal Counsel to LINKBANK in the Proposed Sale of its New Jersey Operations to American Heritage Federal Credit Union

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On May 9, 2024, LINKBANK, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, entered into a definitive agreement to sell its three New Jersey branches to American Heritage Federal Credit Union. Under the agreement, LINKBANK will sell approximately $105 million in deposits and $123 million in loans. The deposit premium is 7%. LINKBANK, the wholly-owned subsidiary of LINKBANCORP, Inc., operates… Read more »

Alert – Volume 5 of The Bankers’ Bulletin

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To our clients and friends: Today we published Volume 5 of The Bankers’ Bulletin.  You can find a copy of this edition here. This volume covers federal policymakers’ comments on bank merger policy reform, CFPB supervisory actions and federal litigation involving fee practices, the FTC’s final rule on non-compete agreements, FRB enforcement focus on change… Read more »

Luse Gorman Served as Legal Counsel to Lake City Federal Bank in its Merger into Forward Bank

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On May 3, 2024, Lake City Federal Bank, Lake City, Minnesota, completed its merger into Forward Bank, Marshfield, Wisconsin. Luse Gorman served as legal counsel to Lake City Federal Bank in the transaction. The Luse Gorman team consisted of Kip Weissman, Zachary Davis and Brendan Saxon. Luse Gorman has acted as counsel on more than 100… Read more »