Jones Walker LLP announced today that the seven lawyers who formerly comprised the boutique banking and securities law firm of Spidi & Fisch, PC, in Washington, D.C., have joined Jones Walker’s Banking & Financial Services Practice Group in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
Spidi & Fisch, which served a client base of primarily financial institutions, includes John J. Spidi, Richard Fisch, James C. Stewart, and Daniel H. Burd, who will join as partners; Joan S. Guilfoyle, who will join as Special Counsel; and associates James D. Marky and Carolyn M. Rhodes.
“Spidi & Fisch is well-known to our firm and the banking industry, and this group is a great addition to our nationally recognized banking practice,” said Jones Walker managing partner, William H. Hines. “The transaction was strategic to our focus on expansion in the mid-Atlantic region and throughout the southeast, and is also a nice complement to our existing affordable housing and energy practices.”
“We’ve worked across the table from Jones Walker on a number of occasions in the past, so we know they have a top-notch team,” said Jack Spidi. “This transaction makes a lot of sense for both parties due to our compatible banking and securities practices and the extensive platform Jones Walker can offer our clients in legal matters we previously did not handle for our clients,” Spidi added.
“We are thrilled to be joining the firm and expanding the full scope of legal services that we may offer our clients nationally,” said Ricky Fisch.
The addition of these seven experienced attorneys brings Jones Walker’s Banking & Financial Services Practice Group to more than 50 attorneys, including a team of ten attorneys now located in Washington, D.C., who advise on matters involving bank regulatory issues, corporate governance and securities regulation, debt and equity financing, mutual-to-stock conversions, and mergers and acquisitions, as well as taxation matters, executive compensation, employment, and bankruptcy and restructuring.
The Spidi & Fisch lawyers enhance Jones Walker’s nationally recognized team representing financial institutions, ranging in size from small community banks to complex banking organizations, and other public and private companies. The firm brings an impressive client list including financial institutions, bank and savings and loan holding companies, banks, thrifts, mutual financial institutions, investment banks, and credit unions.
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