Dennis R. Wendte
Partner, Attorney at Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP
About
Dennis R. Wendte has spent more than 35 years on hundreds of transactions. As Partner at Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP in Chicago, he handles mergers and acquisitions of financial institutions. He counsels boards on corporate governance and on regulatory compliance and enforcement. He also guides clients raising capital through public offerings and private sales of equity and debt. He earned his J.D. from University of Michigan Law School. More than 300 financial institutions have relied on his counsel, and he has guided the founders of over 100 new banks in states across the country. Earlier, Dennis acted for federal bank regulatory agencies in the receiverships of over 75 savings and loan associations, and he draws on that work when he represents troubled banks and the healthy institutions bidding to acquire failed ones.
Who is a good fit for Dennis R. Wendte
- Directors of a financial institution weighing a merger or a sale.
- Operating organizations preparing a bid for a failed institution.
Education and admissions
- Education
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1982
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S. in Agriculture, 1978
- Bar admissions
- Illinois
Specialties
Representative matters
As described on the firm’s website.
- Represented numerous financial institutions in private offerings of debt securities to enhance current capital positions. Successfully structured acquisitions of troubled banks through use of preferred and convertible instruments, including buyer price protections. (buyer side)
- Counsel to over 100 state and national de novo banks and bank holding companies across the country.
Deal profile
- Typical deal size
- Any deal size
- Remote work
- In-person / regional