Skyler Green is an associate in our Financial Services Practice Group, where he advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, corporate governance, fund formation and regulatory compliance. Known for a clarity-driven and business-minded approach, Skyler helps financial institutions navigate regulatory complexity, while advancing strategic transaction goals.
Before entering the legal field, Skyler spent five years as a high school educator in the Bronx, New York, teaching literacy, government, economics and leadership. He earned his J.D. from Cornell Law School, where he served as managing editor of the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy. A 2016 AmeriCorps alumnus, Skyler also holds an M.A. in teaching with an advanced certificate in special education from the Relay Graduate School of Education.
Assisting Park National Corporation in its proposed acquisition of First Citizens Bancshares, Inc., valued at approximately US$317 million.
Assisted Vista Bancshares, Inc., the holding company for Vista Bank, in its US$377 million merger with National Bank Holdings Corporation.
Assisted Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida, the holding company for Seacoast National Bank, in its US$710.8 million acquisition of Villages Bancorporation, parent company of Citizens First Bank.*
Assisted a Fortune 10 healthcare and financial services company in connection with its proposed US$3 billion acquisition of a healthcare payments and technology provider via a reverse triangular merger.*
Assisted a private equity-backed healthcare services platform in connection with its proposed acquisition of a regional multispecialty provider group through a structured equity and rollover transaction.*
Assisted Beacon Pointe Advisors, one of the largest independent registered investment advisory firms in the nation, in its acquisition of the following entities:*
Hart & Patterson Financial Group, a Massachusetts-based registered investment advisory firm with over US$275 million assets under management (AUM)*
Dubis Financial Planning, a Wisconsin-based registered investment advisory firm with over US$250 million AUM*
A California-based registered investment advisory firm with over US$1 billion AUM*
A Maryland-based registered investment advisory firm with over US$700 million AUM*
An Ohio-based registered investment advisory firm with over US$500 million AUM*
A Texas-based registered investment advisory firm with over US$315 million AUM*
An Indiana-based fiduciary financial planning and wealth management firm*
Assisted Homrich Berg, a national independent wealth management firm, with its acquisition of WMS Partners, a US$6.4 billion multifamily office and registered investment adviser.*
Assisted Homrich Berg in its strategic minority investment from TPG Growth, the middle market growth equity platform of TPG, a leading global alternative asset management firm.*
Assisted Pathstone, a leading wealth management advisor with over US$100 billion in AUM, in its acquisition of Crestone Capital, a Colorado-based investment management and wealth advisory firm with US$3.5 billion AUM.*
Assisted Beacon Pointe Advisors, one of the largest independent registered investment advisory firms in the nation, in its acquisition of the following entities:*
Bridge Advisory, a Southern California-based wealth management firm with over US$450 million AUM*
Charleston Investment Advisors, a South Carolina-based wealth management firm with over US$200 million AUM*
Joslin Capital Advisors, a Washington-based registered investment advisory with over US$450 million AUM*
Assisted Arkatechture, a data and analytics consulting firm, with a strategic growth investment from LoneTree Capital and TruStage Ventures, which involved the issuance of preferred equity interests and a post-closing ownership recapitalization.*
Assisted True North Advisors, a Texas-based registered investment adviser, in its strategic partnership with Wealth Partners Capital Group, a financial services holding company, and HGGC, a firm focused on partnership investing.*
Assisted The Connable Office, one of the nation’s oldest multifamily offices, in its acquisition by Cresset Asset Management, with the combined firm managing over US$50 billion in AUM.*
Assisted AndCo Consulting, a Florida-based independent, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registered institutional investment consulting firm, in its acquisition by national wealth advisory firm Mariner Wealth Advisors, leading to the creation of Mariner Institutional.*
Assisted Avior Wealth Management, a Nebraska-based registered investment advisor (RIA), in the sale of a minority stake to private equity firm Constellation Wealth Capital.*
Assisted Oconee Financial, the holding company of Oconee State Bank, in its US$4.3 million offering of common stock related to its acquisition of Elberton Federal Savings & Loan Association.*
Assisted Fidelity Bancshares, the holding company of Fidelity Bank of Texas, in its acquisition by Lamar Street Investment Partners, LLC.*
Assisted Pathstone, a New Jersey-based wealth management advisor backed by Lovell Minnick Partners, in its acquisition of Rhode Island-based investment advisory firm Rex Capital Advisors with over US$1.5 billion AUM.*
Assisted RFG Advisory, an Alabama-based hybrid registered investment adviser with over US$4 billion in AUM, in its growth investment from Long Ridge Equity Partners.*
* Matter handled prior to joining the firm.