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K&L Gates Represents Bluestone Bank on Strategic Partnership With Mutual Bancorp
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP is advising Bluestone Bank in connection with its proposed strategic partnership with Mutual Bancorp, the parent company of Cape Cod 5 and Fidelity Bank. The addition of Bluestone Bank to the Mutual Bancorp family would create an $8.6 billion-asset organization. The multi-bank holding company model is designed to advance the strategic growth of each bank while maintaining their local brands and community-focused missions. The partnership is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026, subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions.
The K&L Gates team advising Bluestone Bank is being led by Boston partners Rob Tammero and Grant Butler with support from Boston associate Anastassia Korin, Seattle partner Doug Love, Pittsburgh partner Michael Hart and associate Samantha Beatty, Boston partners Kathleen Parker, Joel Almquist, Stan Ragalevsky, and James Fajkowski, Harrisburg partner Tad Macfarlan, and Chicago partner Corey Bieber.
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