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Mergers & Acquisitions
Mergers & Acquisitions

Our team has over 40 years of experience as an advisor to buyers and sellers in community bank mergers & acquisitions from start to finish.

Bank Formation and Rehabilitation
De Novo Bank Formation

Our team has participated in over 100 de novo bank formation projects and has assisted many others in acquiring charters to inject capital and rehabilitate a bank.

strategic planning
Strategic Planning

Our strategic planning services include short-term plans suitable to meet bank regulatory needs to statewide branch realignment or acquisition strategies.

Press Release

Approval of De Novo Bank: Loyal Trust Bank, Johns Creek, Georgia

Johns Creek, GA — Today the Department of Banking and Finance, State of Georgia approved the de novo community bank charter of Loyal Trust Bank, In Organization (“I.O.”). Subject to the granting of deposit insurance by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Loyal Trust Bank, I.O. is expected to open no later than year-end 2019 with … Continued

Press Release

Business Group Files For Approval as Loyal Trust Bank

Johns Creek, GA — A group of local business professionals filed on Monday, March 11, 2019 with the FDIC and the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance for a new bank charter in the Atlanta, Metro area.

Industry News

Atlanta Business Chronicle: At least five new banks planned in Georgia

Brightlane Partners Managing Director Chris Johnson provided comments in a May 18, 2018 article from the Atlanta Business Chronicle on the increase in de novo bank applications in the state of Georgia.
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Our Accomplishments

$1.5 Billion

raised in capital

150+

new bank formations

40+

years of experience