Amanda Allexon

Amanda K. Allexon is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Financial Institutions Practice. Based in Washington, D.C., Amanda advises domestic and foreign banks, bank holding companies, other regulated financial institutions and investors on the full spectrum of transactional, governance, regulatory and supervisory matters, including complex high-profile mergers and acquisitions. She routinely represents clients before the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and U.S. state banking regulators. She also advises on private equity investments involving banks and bank holding companies, and Volcker Rule issues.

Examples of Amanda’s work includes advising:
- BTG Pactual in its entry into the U.S. banking market through its proposed acquisition of M.Y. Safra Bank
- BMO in its acquisition of Bank of the West*
- Umpqua in its merger with Columbia*
- Mechanics Bank in its acquisition of Rabobank*
- Huntington in its acquisition of TCF*
- BB&T in its merger of equals with SunTrust*
- Independent Bank Corp. in its acquisition of Enterprise Bank
- Sterling Bancorp in its acquisitions of Astoria, Hudson Valley and Provident New York, as well as the merger with Webster Financial*
- Numerous transactions involving small and medium sized banking organizations*

In addition to her private practice experience, Amanda worked in the Legal Division of the Federal Reserve Board, including serving as Senior Counsel. During which time she evaluated merger and acquisition applications subject to review under the Bank Holding Company Act, Home Owners’ Loan Act, Bank Merger Act, Change in Control Act or Federal Reserve Act, and other applications and interpretive issues under these statutes. Amanda was a primary Federal Reserve contact for matters related to extensions of credit by banks to their insiders (Regulation O), regulation of holding companies (Regulation Y and LL), and matters related to the control of depository institutions and holding companies. Amanda also assisted the transition of savings and loan holding companies to Federal Reserve supervision and rules after the financial crisis, reviewed and established key policies related to control and private equity investments in bank holding companies, and served as a liaison to the U.S. Treasury related to post-crisis investments in banks.

*Includes experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP