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K&L Gates Advises WesBanco in its Public Offering of Depositary Shares
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP advised multi-state bank holding company WesBanco, Inc. (Nasdaq: WSBC) in connection with its underwritten public offering of depositary shares representing fractional interests in its 7.375% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B, pursuant to which WesBanco received gross proceeds of $230 million.
The K&L Gates team that advised WesBanco on this matter was led by Pittsburgh partner Jeff Acre with support from Pittsburgh partner Henry Snyder, Charlotte partner Sean Jones, New York partners Rob Sichel and Marc Veilleux, New York associate Leigh Krafchek, and Pittsburgh associate Michael Stepan.
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