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    Patrick D. Lynch

    Partner

    New York +1-212-558-4000
    lynchp@sullcrom.com
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    New York

    +1-212-558-4000

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    lynchp@sullcrom.com

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    Patrick Lynch is a partner in the Firm’s Financial Services Group. His practice is primarily focused on complex mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and similar transactions involving financial institutions. Patrick also advises clients on a variety of bank regulatory, securities and strategic and corporate governance matters. He represents both U.S. and non-U.S. public and private financial institutions, including banks, asset managers, private equity funds and financial technology companies.

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    Experience

    Experience

    • Ally Financial in:
      • its sale of its credit card business to CardWorks and its subsidiary, Merrick Bank
      • its sale of Ally Lending to Synchrony
    • Assurant in its sale of Time Insurance to Haven Holdings
    • AXA Equitable Holdings (n/k/a Equitable Holdings, Inc.) underwriters in its IPO, a secondary offering of its shares by AXA S.A. and related offerings of debt securities of AXA Equitable and mandatory exchangeable securities of AXA exchangeable for AXA Equitable shares
    • Bank of America, Barclays, Citadel Securities, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo in their minority investment in Fenics Markets Xchange
    • Bank of New York Mellon in:
      • its acquisition of Archer Holdco
      • its sale of Alcentra to Franklin Templeton

    • BNP Paribas in the $16.3 billion sale of Bank of the West to BMO Financial
    • Fifth Third Bancorp in its $10.9 billion acquisition of Comerica
    • First Midwest Bancorp in its $2.5 billion merger of equals with Old National
    • Fulton Financial in its acquisition of approximately $6 billion of assets and $4 billion of deposits from the FDIC, as receiver for Republic First Bank
    • Great-West Lifeco in the sale of its subsidiary Putnam Investments to Franklin Templeton
    • Guild Holdings Company in its sale to Bayview Asset Management
    • Pinnacle Financial Partners in its $8.6 billion merger with Synovus Financial Corp.
    • Regions Financial in its acquisition of Enerbank
    • Reinvent Technologies in its acquisition of Hippo Insurance through a de-SPAC transaction
    • SVB Financial Group in its joint venture with Nasdaq, Citi, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to establish a centralized secondary trading venue
    • Texas Capital Bancshares in its preferred stock and debt offerings
    • Liquidnet Holdings in its acquisition by TP ICAP
    • VALE in the acquisition of a majority equity interest by Flexpoint Ford
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    News

    News

    • S&C Advises Fifth Third on $10.9 Billion All-Stock Acquisition of Comerica

      October 6, 2025
    • S&C Advises Pinnacle Financial Partners in $8.6 Billion Merger with Synovus Financial

      July 29, 2025
    • S&C Advises Guild Holdings in $1.3 Billion Sale to Bayview Asset Management

      July 1, 2025
    • S&C Advises Fulton Financial in Republic First Bank Acquisition and Common Stock Offering

      May 16, 2024
    • S&C Advises Great-West Lifeco on up to $1.8 Billion Sale of Putnam Investments

      June 6, 2023
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    Credentials

    Credentials

    Education

    • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2017
    • Johns Hopkins University, B.A., 2012

    Bar Admissions

    • New York
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    Related Practices

    Related Practices

    • General Practice
    • Bank Regulatory
    • Financial Services
    • Financial Services Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Fintech
    • Insurance
    • Investment Management
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Private Equity
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