Ben McCall focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) compliance and periodic reporting, corporate governance, stock exchange listing requirements and general corporate and regulatory matters. He works primarily with financial institutions, both public and private, including community banks, bank holding companies, savings institutions, investment banks and broker-dealers.

Ben McCall focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) compliance and periodic reporting, corporate governance, stock exchange listing requirements and general corporate and regulatory matters. He works primarily with financial institutions, both public and private, including community banks, bank holding companies, savings institutions, investment banks and broker-dealers.

Ben represents buyers and sellers in multi-million dollar public and private mergers and acquisitions, asset purchase transactions and branch acquisitions and sales. In addition, Ben frequently represents issuers and underwriters in initial and secondary public offerings, as well as in private placements of debt and equity securities. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® (2021-present).

He frequently helps C-suite executives and boards of directors manage their corporate and fiduciary duties, including matters related to shareholder relations, proxy matters, conflicts of interest, independence, good faith and due care. Ben also helps publicly held financial institutions maintain compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and other federal, state and SEC regulations.

Ben earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of North Carolina, and he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance, magna cum laude, from Virginia Tech.

Recent Mergers and Acquisitions Experience

  • Buyer’s counsel in acquisition of bank holding company valued at $445 million
  • Buyer’s counsel in acquisition of bank holding company valued at $324 million
  • Seller’s counsel in sale of a bank holding company valued at $912 million
  • Seller’s counsel in sale of a bank holding company valued at $303 million
  • Counsel in merger of equals transaction between bank holding companies creating institution with $2.8 billion in assets
  • Buyer’s counsel in acquisition of branch office with $59 million in deposits
  • Buyer’s counsel in acquisition of $50 million loan portfolio
  • Buyer’s counsel in acquisition of mortgage company
  • Bank’s counsel in bank holding company reorganization
  • Numerous other public and private mergers and acquisitions, asset purchase transactions and branch acquisitions and sales 
     

Recent Capital Markets Experience

  • Issuer’s counsel in public offering of $250 million of subordinated debt by regional bank
  • Issuer’s counsel in a private placement of $25 million of subordinated debt by bank holding company
  • Issuer’s counsel in public offering of $15 million of common stock by bank holding company
  • Issuer’s counsel in “at-the-market” offering of $10 million of common stock by manufacturing company
  • Underwriter’s counsel in public offering of $55 million of common stock by bank holding company
  • Underwriter’s counsel in an initial public offering of $35 million of common stock by bank holding company
  • Underwriter’s counsel in an initial public offering of $29 million of units by reinsurance company
  • Placement agent’s counsel in private placement of $30 million of subordinated debt by bank holding company
  • Placement agent's counsel in private placement of $22 million of common stock by bank holding company
  • Placement agent’s counsel in private placement of $15 million of preferred stock by bank holding company
  • Numerous other public and private offerings of equity and debt securities