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Chuck Hughes is a partner in the Corporate and Securities Department. He has been practicing law since 1976 when he joined Chapman and Cutler LLP. His practice is focused on business and corporate matters, including representation of substantial privately held companies and their principals. He has considerable experience in the area of bank and bank holding company mergers and acquisitions and regulatory matters, including advising banking organizations concerning corporate structure and shareholder issues, expanded powers and compliance. Mr. Hughes taught financial institution regulation as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Illinois College of Law in 1996 and 1997. He is the author of "Regulation and Structure of Traditional Banking Activities," Banking Law and Regulation, Practising Law Institute, 1988. Selected transactions include: Formation of Arizona de novo bank Bank holding company reduction of shareholders for purposes of S corporation election Acquisitions and sales of banking organizations Combinations of banks by means of mergers and purchase and assumption transactions Interstate merger of California and Arizona banks Acquisition of insurance agency by a banking organization Establishment by a bank of broker-dealer and mortgage broker subsidiaries Minority investment by existing bank holding company in out-of-state de novo banking organization Nonfinancial equity investments by bank holding companies. | 