Public and Private Offerings
Preferred Bank - Represented issuer in a $77 million private offering of convertible preferred stock.
CVB Financial Corp. - Represented issuer in a $130 million underwritten public offering of common stock.
Center Financial Corp. - Represented investment bank in a $73.5 million best efforts private placement of convertible preferred stock.
East West Bancorp, Inc. - Represented issuer in a $70 million public offering of common stock.
Shopoff Properties Trust, Inc. - Represented issuer in a $200 million initial public offering of a real estate investment trust.
Central Pacific Financial Corp. - Represented underwriter in a $100 million public offering of common stock.
City National Bancorp - Represented underwriter in a $125 million public offering of common stock.
Preferred Bank - Represented issuer in a $17 million shareholder rights offering.
M&A Transactions
East West Bancorp, Inc. - Represented buyer in its FDIC-assisted acquisition of $10.4 billion-asset United Commercial Bank.
CVB Financial Corp. - Represented buyer in its FDIC-assisted acquisition of $775 million-asset San Joaquin Bank.
East West Bancorp, Inc. - Represented buyer in its $142.7 million acquisition of Desert Community Bank.
East West Bancorp, Inc. - Represented buyer in its $200 million acquisition of Standard Bank.
CVB Financial Corp. - Represented buyer in its $35 million acquisition of First Coastal Bancshares and its subsidiary bank, First Coastal Bank.
East West Bancorp, Inc. - Represented buyer in its $178 million acquisition of United National Bancorp and its subsidiary United National Bank.
CVB Financial Corp. - Represented buyer in its $27 million acquisition of Granite State Bank.
Encino State Bank - Represented seller in its $33 million acquisition by Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc., parent company of First Private Bank.
CVB Financial Corp. - Represented buyer in its $15.5 million acquisition of Kaweah National Bank.
Family Savings Bank, F.S.B. - Represented seller in its acquisition by One United Bank.
CVB Financial Corp. - Represented buyer in its $7 million acquisition of Western Security Bancorp and its subsidiary bank, Western Security Bank.
First Charter Bank, National Association -
Represented seller in its acquisition by PacWest.
Founders National Bank of Los Angeles, N.A. - Represented seller in its acquisition by One United Bank.
Marburger Packing, Inc. - Represented seller in its sale of a $33 million meat packing business to a ConAgra subsidiary.
Represented a large multinational auto parts manufacturer in its bid to acquire the European and North American assets of another multinational auto parts manufacturer.