G. Waverly Vest represents and counsels financial institutions, holding companies and their officers, directors and owners. He provides guidance in all areas of state and federal regulatory compliance; fiduciary responsibilities and liabilities; operational transactions, mergers and acquisitions; and public and private securities offerings of equity and debt.
Frequently retained in the face of complex circumstances, Mr. Vest has decades of experience in advising and representing clients in mergers, acquisition of branches, conversions and capital market transactions. He also has represented clients in the acquisition of failed or troubled banks and thrifts, and in enforcement actions such as civil money penalty actions, cease and desist and other administrative orders, appeals of examination results, termination of FDIC insurance actions and the like.
