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June 22, 2020

Team Represents Delmarva Bancshares in Merger with BV Financial

Yahoo Finance

A deal team led by Ben Barnhill represented Delmarva Bancshares, Inc., parent company of 1880 Bank in Cambridge, Maryland, in the announcement of a merger with BV Financial, Inc., the parent company of Bayvanguard Bank in Baltimore, MD, on June 17, 2020. The Nelson Mullins team also included Lee Kiser, Ricky Davis, and Brittany McIntosh (corporate, securities, and bank regulatory) as well as Kathy Solley (employee benefits and executive employment matters). The combined organization will have approximately $800 million in assets and 16 branch locations throughout Maryland. The aggregate deal value of the all-cash transaction is approximately $54 million and is one of the nation’s first bank mergers announced since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.