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Samantha M. Kirby

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  • About

    Samantha Kirby advises financial institutions, fintech companies, and other financial services firms on strategic corporate governance, SEC reporting, and capital markets and M&A transactions. Her transactional work also includes mutual-to-stock conversions, holding company formations, and de novo bank chartering.

    Samantha regularly represents clients before federal and state regulatory agencies, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the FDIC, the Massachusetts Division of Banks, and numerous other state bank regulators.

    Samantha regularly speaks about corporate governance, strategic planning, and other topics of interest to financial institutions to legal and banking industry groups, including the American Bankers Association and the Bankers Associations of Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maryland.

    Areas of Expertise

  • Practices and Industries
  • Representative Matters
    • HarborOne Bancorp, Inc.’s sale to Eastern Bankshares, Inc.
    • Guaranty Bancorp, Inc.’s sale to Bar Harbor Bankshares.
    • Brookline Bancorp’s merger of equals with Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.
    • Northway Financial, Inc.’s sale to Camden National Corporation.
    • Northeast Bank’s at-the-market offering of its voting common stock.
    • Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.’s underwritten public offering of shared of public stock.
    • Orrstown Financial Services, Inc.’s merger of equals with Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc.
    • Reading Cooperative Bank’s partnership with Wakefield Co-operative Bank.
    • Maine Community Bank’s mutual merger of equals with Gorham Savings Bank.
    • Brookline Bancorp, Inc.’s acquisition of PCSB Financial Corporation.
    • Alvarium Investments’ merger (deSPAC) with Tiedemann Group.
    • Northmark Bank’s sale to Cambridge Trust Company.
    • Randolph Bancorp’s sale to Hometown Financial Group.
    • East Cambridge Savings Bank’s acquisition of Patriot Community Bank.
    • HarborOne Bancorp, Inc.’s mutual-to-stock conversion and minority stock offering, acquisition of Coastway Bancorp, Inc., and second-step conversion.
    • Cross Financial Corp. in a number of insurance agency acquisitions.

    Areas of Expertise

  • Credentials
    Education
    • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2001
    • Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, M.S.F.S., 2001
    • Wellesley College, B.A., 1997
        • magna cum laude
        • Phi Beta Kappa
    Bar Admissions
    • Massachusetts
    • New York
    • District of Columbia
    Languages
    • Italian
    • French
    Accolades
    • Chambers USA, Financial Services Regulation: Financial Institutions M&A (2020-2025)
    • Chambers Massachusetts, Banking & Finance: Corporate & Regulatory (2013-2025)
    • The Legal 500 US, Financial Services Regulation (2025)
    Memberships and Affiliations
    • American Bar Association
    • Boston Bar Association, Banking Law Section Co-Chair

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