REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Grant F. Butler
Represented River Run Bancorp. MHC in its merger with Rollstone Bancorp, MHC and acquisition of Rollstone Bank & Trust
Advised Monogram LLC in connection with its role as portfolio manager in the purchase of a US$10 billion student loan portfolio by a consortium of private equity investors
Advised a Massachusetts trust company with respect to its conversion to a national trust bank charter
Represent a leading fintech company in its acquisition of a national bank and with respect to becoming a bank holding company
Counseled a leading fintech partner bank in creating new forms of strategic lending partnership agreements and with respect to entering into new strategic lending partnerships
Represented Crypto.com in the formation of Crypto.com Custody Trust Company, the first New Hampshire-chartered trust company focused on digital assets
Advised a large foreign bank with respect to US bank regulatory matters, including US regulatory capital requirements and regulation of the US branch
Advised UBS as an investor in the equity financing of Endowus, a Singapore-based, MAS-licensed digital wealth platform
Represented River Run Bancorp, MHC (formerly Newburyport Five Cents Bancorp, MHC) in its merger with Pentucket Bank Holdings, MHC to create a multibank mutual holding company
Advised Monogram LLC on its formation, a subsequent equity investment by a major private equity firm, and its related role as portfolio manager for the securitization of a US$374 million pool of loans
Advised a large community bank on wealth management and lending fintech partnerships
Advised a large crypto-asset marketplace and custodian on trust company formation and bank regulatory issues
Provided counsel to a nondepository trust company regarding operational, fiduciary, and licensing matters
Drafted and negotiated a portfolio management agreement between Cognition Financial Corporation and a group of private equity investors to manage a US$10 billion portfolio of student loans and established a legal and compliance oversight program of the third-party loan servicer of the portfolio
Drafted and negotiated a bank partnership agreement between Cognition Financial Corporation and a large regional lender to originate private student loans
Represented Cognition Financial Corporation in the sale of its payments subsidiary, Tuition Management Systems LLC, to Nelnet Business Solutions, Inc., a division of Nelnet, Inc. (NYSE: NNI)
Provided regulatory legal counsel to a global asset management firm in connection with its acquisition of an American multinational conglomerate specializing in aviation, power, renewable energy, digital industry, additive manufacturing, venture capital, and finance
Represented a global asset management firm in forming a nondepository trust company
Established global Volcker Rule compliance program for a global asset management firm
Represented a large regional bank in the sale of its Chicago-area retail branches and small business and select middle-market relationships in the Chicago market
Represented a large mutual community bank in its acquisition of a publicly held community bank
Represented a Massachusetts-chartered co-operative bank in its acquisition of another Massachusetts-chartered co-operative bank
Represented a state-chartered credit union in its conversion to a co-operative bank
Represented a large regional bank in the sale of a portfolio of consumer loans
Represented a Massachusetts mutual bank holding company and its Massachusetts-chartered mutual savings bank subsidiary in the acquisition of another Massachusetts mutual bank holding company and its Massachusetts-chartered co-operative bank subsidiary
Represented a federal savings bank in its conversion to a Massachusetts savings bank charter
Represented a bank holding company in the combination of its multiple bank subsidiaries into a single bank charter
Represented a large regional bank in complying with an enforcement order regarding mortgage servicing practices
Provided regulatory advice regarding the licensing and chartering requirements for all of the US activities of a large European bank
Represented a large regional bank in the sale of 65 bank branches with their related deposit and loan accounts
