Charlotte May

Representative Capital Markets Transactions

Charlotte has represented public companies, financial institutions, underwriters, and placement agents in capital markets transactions, including IPOs, follow-on offerings, private placements, common stock, subordinated notes, depositary shares, and convertible senior notes offerings.

• Represented Five Star Bancorp in its $100 million Nasdaq initial public offering, with an aggregate deal value of $121.1 million, its $137 million and $81.5 million follow-on common stock offerings and its private placement of $75 million of subordinated notes.
• Represented Coastal Financial Corporation in its $34.5 million follow-on common stock offering and $20 million private placement of subordinated notes.
• Represented the underwriters in Nasdaq initial public offerings by Origin Bancorp, Inc. and Professional Holding Corp.
• Represented Renasant Corporation in its $200 million follow-on common stock offering.
• Represented the underwriters in Fulton Financial Corporation’s $287.5 million common stock public offering.
• Represented WSFS Corporation in its $150 million senior notes public offering.
• Represented Valley National Bancorp in its $300 million subordinated notes public offering.
• Represented the placement agents in First Carolina Financial Services’ $155 million private placement of common stock.
• Represented Insmed Incorporated in public offerings of $402.5 million of common stock and $450 million of convertible senior notes.
• Represented the underwriters in public offerings by Valley National Bancorp, Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation, Renasant Corporation, OceanFirst Financial Corp., Dime Community Bancshares, Inc., Merchants Bancorp, IBERIABANK Corporation, Independent Bank Group, Inc., including offerings of subordinated notes, common stock, preferred stock, and depositary shares.

Representative Mergers and Acquisitions Transactions

Charlotte has advised public companies, financial institutions, fintech companies, and other corporate clients in mergers and acquisitions, bank M&A transactions, strategic investments, branch sales, mergers of equals, and other complex corporate transactions.

• Represented Enova International, Inc. in its $369 million acquisition of Grasshopper Bancorp, Inc.
• Represented Renasant Corporation in its $1.2 billion acquisition of The First Bancshares and concurrent $230 million equity offering.
• Represented Boyd Gaming Corporation in its partnership with the Pamunkey Indian Tribe for to develop and manage a casino and resort in Norfolk, Virginia.
• Represented WSFS Financial Corporation in multiple transactions, including its $976 million acquisition of Bryn Mawr Trust Corporation, $1.5 billion acquisition of Beneficial Bancorp, Inc., branch sale to The Bank of Princeton, and investment in Spring EQ.
• Represented Simmons First National Corporation in multiple bank acquisitions, including its acquisitions of Spirit of Texas Bancshares, Inc., Landmark Community Bank, Triumph Bancshares, Inc., The Landrum Company, and Reliance Bancshares, Inc.
• Represented CFBanc Corporation in its merger of equals with Broadway Financial Corporation, creating the largest Black-led Minority Depository Institution in the United States.
• Represented Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation in its $444M acquisition of American National and its $500 million acquisition of Access National Corporation.
• Represented Veritex Holdings, Inc. in its $1 billion acquisition of Green Bancorp, Inc. and its acquisition of North Avenue Capital, LLC.
• Represented ClearPoint Federal Bank & Trust, Kiwoom Securities, Mode Eleven Bancorp, East West Bancorp, MidFirst Bank, Valley National Bancorp, Evans Bancorp, Inc., Trustmark National Bank, Ameris Bank, and OneMain Holdings in acquisitions, sales, strategic investments, and branch acquisitions.