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Ms. Gattuso focuses her practice on corporate and securities matters, financial institution regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions and nonprofit organizations. Ms. Gattuso provides advice on corporate governance matters, public and private securities offerings, corporate reorganizations, strategic alliances and mergers and acquisitions. She has served as counsel to financial institutions on mutual to stock conversions, mutual holding company reorganizations and stock issuances, private placement offerings and debt offerings.
Ms. Gattuso advises financial institutions on bank regulatory matters, including compliance and enforcement matters, and has represented numerous mutual financial institutions on a variety of banking and corporate matters. She also counsels organizers of federal and state de novo financial institutions with respect to the regulatory process and the banking, corporate and securities law issues that arise in connection with the de novo process. Ms. Gattuso's experience with de novo financial institutions ranges from typical community banking institutions to more complex de novo financial institutions such as a de novo venture bank and a de novo thrift formed by a national trade association.
Ms. Gattuso also advises nonprofit organizations on general corporate law and federal tax matters, with a particular emphasis on corporate charitable foundations.
Ms. Gattuso has spoken at various banking conferences and seminars on corporate law, banking law and regulation and charitable foundations.
Education: J.D., The University of Baltimore School of Law (Member, The University of Baltimore Law Review) B.S., King's College | 