Boardman & Clark LLP—Banking Group

Fourth Floor, 1 South Pinckney St. • Madison WI 53703 TEL: (608) 257-9521 FAX: (608) 283-1709

Services and Practices

No other law firm has more experience with Wisconsin banking law than the Boardman Banking Group.

Securities And Capital Raising


Raising capital can be of critical importance to your bank and bank holding company, both to support ongoing growth, and for extraordinary transactions such as mergers and acquisitions. Also important is management of your shareholder base to avoid exceeding the number of shareholders that would cause you to have to register with the SEC as a public company. We provide guidance on the various options available when you are in need of capital, including transactions involving equity, debt and convertible securities, as well as derivative and hybrid financial products. We can help you structure your securities offerings and draft offering materials to go to prospective investors. We have extensive experience with both Federal and state securities laws, and we have worked closely with state securities regulators and the SEC. We have also counseled banks, their holding companies and subsidiaries in connection with compliance under the myriad of broker dealer and investment adviser laws.

We can assist you with a broad range of securities and capital-raising transactions, including:

  • Primary and secondary securities offerings (whether registered or exempt from securities registration)
  • Private placements, including under Regulation D
  • Trust preferred securities offerings
  • Tender offers
  • Stock splits and reverse stock splits
  • Stock dividends
  • Stock reclassifications
  • Bank or holding company loans

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