Benjamin H. Weiner

Capital Markets, Corporate Finance, Disclosure and Corporate Governance

• Bank of Montreal in connection with securities offerings and disclosure matters. 
• Bank of New York Mellon in connection with debt and preferred stock offerings, other capital markets transactions and securities, disclosure and corporate governance matters.
• Cheniere Energy in connection with EIG’s investment relating to the Corpus Christi liquefaction project.
• Citizens Financial Group and Citizens Bank in connection with debt and preferred stock offerings, other capital markets transactions and disclosure matters.

• Eagle Bancorp in connection with securities and disclosure matters.
• First Hawaiian in connection with securities and disclosure matters.
• Goldman Sachs in connection with securities, disclosure and corporate governance matters.
• KeyBank in connection with remarketing debt securities.
• KeyCorp in the 14.9% investment by Scotiabank
• Medallion Bank in connection with its initial public offering of preferred stock and disclosure matters.
• Royal Bank of Canada in connection with offerings of senior debt and limited recourse capital notes, and securities, disclosure and corporate governance matters.
• Wells Fargo in connection with securities and disclosure matters.
• Underwriters or the issuer in connection with offerings of debt securities by international financial institutions, including the World Bank, International Finance Corporation, Inter-American Development Bank and IDB Invest.
• Underwriters in connection with debt, common stock and preferred stock offerings by Associated Banc-Corp and Associated Bank.
• Underwriters in connection with debt and preferred stock offerings by Goldman Sachs.
• Underwriters in connection with debt and preferred stock offerings by M&T Bank Corporation and M&T Bank.
• Initial purchasers in connection with preferred stock offerings by Farm Credit System institutions, including CoBank and Capital Farm Credit.
• Underwriters and initial purchasers in connection with registered and unregistered debt and equity offerings by other companies.
• Banks and investors in connection with issuances of credit-linked notes.

M&A

• Raymond James in its acquisition of a majority stake in GreensLedge Holdings.
• Citizens Financial in its merger with Investors Bancorp.
• ACE Limited in its acquisition of The Chubb Corporation.
• Metro Bancorp in its sale to FNB.
• Ally Financial in the sale of its Canadian auto finance business to Royal Bank of Canada.
• Royal Bank of Canada in the sale of:
  • Liberty Life Insurance Company to Athene Holding Ltd.
  • RBC Bank USA and related assets to PNC.
• Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in connection with its investment in Asurion.
• FCB Financial Holdings in its acquisition of Great Florida Bank.