Lee Meyerson

Ranked in 2 Practice Areas

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Financial Services Regulation: Financial Institutions M&A

USA - Nationwide

18 Years Ranked

Band 5

Corporate/M&A

New York

22 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Lee Meyerson

USA

Practice Areas

Head of global Financial Institutions Practice and previous head of global M&A practice. Representations include Toronto-Dominion Bank’s First Horizon acquisition ($13.4 billion) and TD Ameritrade/The Charles Schwab sale ($26 billion); U.S. Bancorp/Union Bank acquisition ($8 billion); TCF Financial/Chemical merger ($3.5 billion) and TCF/Huntington merger ($6 billion); ADS/Bread acquisition ($450 million); People’s United’s sale to M&T ($7.4 billion) and multiple regional bank acquisitions ($2 billion total); IBERIABANK/First Horizon merger ($3.9 billion); WMH/Nationstar Mortgage merger ($3.8 billion); Fifth Third/MB Financial merger ($4.7 billion); Synovus/FCB Financial acquisition ($2.9 billion); KeyCorp/First Niagara acquisition ($4.1 billion); Petrohawk/BHP sale ($15.1 billion); JPMorgan/Bank One merger ($58 billion) and commodities business sale ($3.5 billion); Mellon/BONY merger ($16.8 billion); Toronto-Dominion in $33 billion of U.S. acquisitions; U.S. Treasury $250 billion TARP; Schwab/optionsXpress acquisition ($1 billion). Practice includes financial institutions IPOs, securities offerings.

Career

Partner, 1989.

Personal

BA, magna cum laude, Duke University (1977); JD, NYU Law School (1981), Law Review editor.

Chambers Review

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Financial Services Regulation: Financial Institutions M&A - USA - Nationwide

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Individual Editorial

Lee Meyerson is widely touted as one of the most accomplished financial services M&A lawyers of his generation. He works closely with clients to execute major transactions with seasoned efficiency, including sales, mergers and acquisitions.

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Corporate/M&A - New York

Band 5

Individual Editorial

Lee Meyerson is head of the firm's financial institutions practice, and counts a number of banks and investment firms among his stable of clients. His broad practice encompasses M&A and capital markets transactions.

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Strengths

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"He has such a tremendous reputation in the industry and is extremely good at negotiating with counterparties in difficult situations."

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"He has such a tremendous reputation in the industry and is extremely good at negotiating with counterparties in difficult situations."

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Financial Services Regulation: Financial Institutions M&A - USA - Nationwide

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