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.
Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes representing:
- BMO in its acquisition of Bank of the West
- Umpqua in its merger with Columbia
- SoFi in its acquisition of Golden Pacific and conversion to a bank holding company
- Mechanics Bank’s acquisition of Rabobank
- Huntington in its acquisition of TCF
- BB&T in its merger of equals with SunTrust
- Transactions involving private equity funds, such as the Siris acquisitions of AST and Equiniti, and various controlling and noncontrolling investments in banks and other regulated entities (including club recapitalizations)
- 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, including Cathay, TBK, PlainsCapital, NBH, CapStar, Rockland Trust, Professional, Cadence and many others.
In addition to her private practice experience, Amanda worked in the Legal Division of the Federal Reserve Board for nearly a decade, including serving as Senior Counsel. During her time at the Federal Reserve, 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. Ms. Allexon 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.
Prior to joining the Legal Division, Amanda served as a Legislative Assistant to Representative James A. Leach, Chairman of the Banking Committee. Amanda was responsible for the development, drafting and advocacy of legislative initiatives related to banking, housing and tax.
Amanda received her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law in 2004, where she was Note and Comment Editor of the American University Law Review. She received her B.A. in Economics and Political Science from University of Iowa in 1999, where she was a member of the A. Craig Baird Debate Forum.