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Parsippany, NJ, July 01, 2015 - Day Pitney represented Hudson Valley Holding Corp. in its completed merger with Sterling Bancorp in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at approximately $539 million, based on the closing price of Sterling Bancorp common stock on November 4, 2014. The merger combines two strong, successful banks to form an institution with approximately $11.2 billion in assets, $6.9 billion in gross loans and over $8.4 billion in deposits, serving the dynamic metropolitan region comprising New York City, Westchester County, the Hudson Valley, Long Island and New Jersey.
Michael Rave and Ron Janis led the Day Pitney team, which also included counsel Richard Leu as well as partner David Doyle, who handled employee benefits, and partner Stephen Ziobrowski and counsel Andrew Wogman, who guided tax aspects.
Day Pitney also recently advised Valley National Bancorp in the acquisition of CNL Bancshares for $207 million in stock and Community National Bank in its $141 Million Acquisition by Bridge Bancorp.
On July 7, Michael Kaufman will participate as faculty on Strafford's 90-minute Q&A style webinar, "Contribution Agreements: Joint Liability and Rights of Contribution Under Loan Guaranties."
On February 20, Michael Rave and Michael Dunne spoke at FinXTech R.O.D.E., a conference presented by Autobooks, Bank Director and Microsoft and held at the Advanced Technology Development Center in Atlanta, GA.
On January 15, Brian Fischer spoke at "When Good Deals Go Bad – Pitfalls to Avoid During the Sale Process," an Exit Planning Exchange (XPX) program held at The Hartford Club in Hartford, CT.
October 24, 2019
Partners Edward Krzanowski, Tiana Gianopulos and Daniel Gottfried spoke at the 2019 Federal Tax Institute of New England, a CLE program presented by the Estates and Probate Section and the Tax Section of the Connecticut Bar Association and held in Portland, CT.
On January 27, Michael Rave will be speaking on "Public & Private Capital Raising: How To Fund Your Bank for Growth and/or Change" at Bank Director's annual conference, Acquire or Be Acquired, in Phoenix, AZ.
Patricia "Paty" Jimenez has been elected President of the Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association (CHBA).
Lane Watson was featured in the Connecticut Law Tribune article "Goodbye Law Firm Retreats: New Executive Order Allows For Remote Annual Meetings During COVID-19 Crisis."
Hedge Fund Law Report covered Erik Bergman's move to Day Pitney's Stamford office in an article posted March 12.
Day Pitney LLP represented Pula Capital Management LP (Pula), a newly formed investment manager based in Virginia, in connection with (i) the acquisition of a minority ownership interest in Pula by Felton Group, LLC (Felton Group), and (ii) an investment by Felton Group in Pula Capital Fund, LP, a newly formed fund managed by Pula that intends to employ novel mathematical techniques and a proprietary, systematic predictive model to trade a diversified long-short portfolio of liquid U.S. equities.