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Crystal Huffman
Of Counsel
201 17th Street NW
Suite 1700
Atlanta, GA 30363
Crystal focuses her practice on financial institutions law, including corporate, regulatory and securities work. She advises banks and their board of directors on strategic plans, including organic and acquisition growth plans, sale transactions, strategic mergers and capital raises, as well as on complex regulatory issues.
Crystal has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, having counseled community...
Crystal focuses her practice on financial institutions law, including corporate, regulatory and securities work. She advises banks and their board of directors on strategic plans, including organic and acquisition growth plans, sale transactions, strategic mergers and capital raises, as well as on complex regulatory issues.
Crystal has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, having counseled community banks in a number of business combinations and strategic transactions, including representations of purchasers and sellers in merger combinations, investor group acquisitions and recapitalizations, asset sales to credit union acquirors, and branch transactions.
She has advised both public and private companies on a wide variety of securities-related issues, including raising capital, preparation and filing of annual, quarterly, and current reports, and proxy solicitations.
banks in a number of business combinations and strategic transactions, including representations of purchasers and sellers in merger combinations, investor group acquisitions and recapitalizations, asset sales to credit union acquirors, and branch transactions.
She has advised both public and private companies on a wide variety of securities-related issues, including raising capital, preparation and filing of annual, quarterly, and current reports, and proxy solicitations.
Experience
Previous Professional Experience
- Attorney, Atlanta-office of community bank focused boutique law firm (2019–2024)
- Associate, international law firm (2016–2019)
Representative Matters
- Representation of private bank holding company in sale to NYSE-listed holding company in an all-stock transaction valued in excess of $300 million
- Representation of Nasdaq-listed banking holding company in merger acquisition of private company
- Representation of Nasdaq-listed bank holding company in $200 million asset sale of subsidiary bank to credit union acquiror
- Representation of investor group in acquisition and recapitalization of a Texas community bank and expansion into new market areas
- Representation of financial institutions and placement agents in diverse offerings of subordinated debt
- Representation of management and organizational group for successful establishment of a de novo bank charter
- Represented parties in connection with the formation of a strategic combination of three Georgia-based community banks
- Negotiated settlement on behalf of privately held financial institution with dissident shareholder
Education
- University of Georgia, MBA (Expected 2025)
-
University of Georgia School of Law,
JD,
magna cum laude
(2016)
- Order of the Coif
- Articles Editor, Georgia Law Review
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Evidence
- California University of Pennsylvania, BA, summa cum laude (2013)
Admissions
- Georgia
Previous Professional Experience
- Attorney, Atlanta-office of community bank focused boutique law firm (2019–2024)
- Associate, international law firm (2016–2019)
Representative Matters
- Representation of private bank holding company in sale to NYSE-listed holding company in an all-stock transaction valued in excess of $300 million
- Representation of Nasdaq-listed banking holding company in merger acquisition of private company
- Representation of Nasdaq-listed bank holding company in $200 million asset sale of subsidiary bank to credit union acquiror
- Representation of investor group in acquisition and recapitalization of a Texas community bank and expansion into new market areas
- Representation of financial institutions and placement agents in diverse offerings of subordinated debt
- Representation of management and organizational group for successful establishment of a de novo bank charter
- Represented parties in connection with the formation of a strategic combination of three Georgia-based community banks
- Negotiated settlement on behalf of privately held financial institution with dissident shareholder
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Professional Activities
- Georgia Bankers Association, Leadership Board Member
Crystal focuses her practice on financial institutions law, including corporate, regulatory and securities work. She advises banks and their board of directors on strategic plans, including organic and acquisition growth plans, sale transactions, strategic mergers and capital raises, as well as on complex regulatory issues.
Crystal has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, having counseled community... banks in a number of business combinations and strategic transactions, including representations of purchasers and sellers in merger combinations, investor group acquisitions and recapitalizations, asset sales to credit union acquirors, and branch transactions.
She has advised both public and private companies on a wide variety of securities-related issues, including raising capital, preparation and filing of annual, quarterly, and current reports, and proxy solicitations.
Experience
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.Previous Professional Experience
- Attorney, Atlanta-office of community bank focused boutique law firm (2019–2024)
- Associate, international law firm (2016–2019)
Representative Matters
- Representation of private bank holding company in sale to NYSE-listed holding company in an all-stock transaction valued in excess of $300 million
- Representation of Nasdaq-listed banking holding company in merger acquisition of private company
- Representation of Nasdaq-listed bank holding company in $200 million asset sale of subsidiary bank to credit union acquiror
- Representation of investor group in acquisition and recapitalization of a Texas community bank and expansion into new market areas
- Representation of financial institutions and placement agents in diverse offerings of subordinated debt
- Representation of management and organizational group for successful establishment of a de novo bank charter
- Represented parties in connection with the formation of a strategic combination of three Georgia-based community banks
- Negotiated settlement on behalf of privately held financial institution with dissident shareholder
Education
- University of Georgia, MBA (Expected 2025)
-
University of Georgia School of Law,
JD,
magna cum laude
(2016)
- Order of the Coif
- Articles Editor, Georgia Law Review
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Evidence
- California University of Pennsylvania, BA, summa cum laude (2013)
Admissions
- Georgia
Practice Areas
- Georgia Bankers Association, Leadership Board Member
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