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Peoples Bancorp Inc. has engaged us for a variety of significant projects involving M&A and regulatory matters. Notably, we partnered with Peoples on its most significant acquisition to date with our team, the purchase of Premier Financial, a $1.9 billion dollar public company with financial operations in seven states. This complex deal required a deep and broad team to handle a three-step merger, shareholder approvals, various regulatory approvals and multi-state filings. The team was heavily involved in negotiating proper allocations of risk, transaction documents and leading diligence, working hard in a compressed timeframe to get to signing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Peoples Bancorp Inc. has engaged us for a variety of significant projects involving M&A and regulatory matters. Notably, we partnered with Peoples on its most significant acquisition to date with our team, the purchase of Premier Financial, a $1.9 billion dollar public company with financial operations in seven states. 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