Squire Patton Boggs Advises CrossFirst Bancshares in $920 Million Merger

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Squire Patton Boggs is representing CrossFirst Bancshares, Inc. (CFB: NASDAQ) parent of CrossFirst Bank, in its pending merger with First Busey Corporation (BUSE: NASDAQ) parent of Busey Bank, in a stock for stock merger valued at approximately $920 million.

The combined company, which will operate under the Busey brand, will have approximately $20 billion in total assets, $17 billion in total deposits and $13 billion in wealth management assets under care and a growing payments business.

The Squire Patton Boggs team was led by the firm’s global Financial Services Practice Leader Jim Barresi and included Alison LaBruyere, Michael Fisher, Brad Thompson, Samantha Caspar, Carl Draucker (employee benefits), Meghan Hill (employment), Mitch Thompson (tax).

Learn more about the transaction here.

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