Grant F. Butler

Represented River Run Bancorp, MHC (formerly Newburyport Five Cents Bancorp, MHC) in its merger with Pentucket Bank Holdings, MHC to create a mutli-bank mutual holding company

Advise 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 crypo-asset marketplace and custodian on trust company formation and bank regulatory issues

Provide counsel to a non-depository 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 specialzing 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