Willcox Savage’s Banking Practice Group is led by Mike Ives who was the former President of Heritage Bank and CENIT Bank and the Hampton Roads Market CEO for SouthTrust Bank. Mike has brought 30 years of practical banking experience to our banking practice which encompasses the full range of legal services required by banks in this rapidly evolving banking landscape. This practical experience includes directing a public and a private offering, multiple mergers and acquisitions, a branch and deposit acquisition, and branch closings; defeating an activist investor in a major proxy contest; and resolving various regulatory, accounting and serious asset quality problems existing at his arrival at the two banks.
