Boardman & Clark LLP—Banking Group

Kirsten Spira

Partner / Primary Practice — Banking, Securities, Corporate and Commercial Law

Kirsten Spira has been involved in the formation of numerous bank holding companies, as well as a variety of merger and acquisition and other corporate activities by banks and bank holding companies.

She has experience with registered and unregistered securities offerings, including Regulation D, Regulation A, Regulation S, interstate and private placement offerings. Since 2001, Kirsten has helped banks in Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota sell hundreds of millions of dollars in trust preferred securities. She has assisted clients with the preparation and filing of ongoing disclosure documents, such as the 10-K and the 10-Q. She also advises banks and their subsidiaries on the laws governing broker-dealers and investment advisers.

Kirsten also advises clients on business formation, governance, regulatory matters and general business matters.

In the course of her practice, Kirsten has had extensive negotiations with the FDIC, Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of Currency, Securities and Exchange Commission and Wisconsin's Department of Financial Institutions, as well as many other state securities regulators.

• Member of the American Bar Association (Business Law Section) and the State Bar of Wisconsin (Business Law Section)
• Graduated cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School, Order of the Coif, Wisconsin Law Review
• Holds an M.A. in Spanish and a B.A. with distinction in Spanish and Political Science, both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison