Patrick Doyle

Patrick Doyle has a broad background in financial institution regulation and has headed the firm’s financial services practice group since 1993. Mr. Doyle regularly counsels bank holding companies, foreign banks, savings institutions, insurance companies, and securities firms on a wide variety of matters, including strategic planning, complex regulatory issues, enforcement proceedings and legislation. In addition, he has represented firm clients on numerous mergers and acquisitions including such recent acquisitions as BB&T’s acquisition of First Virginia Bank and M&T Bancorp’s acquisition of Allfirst Financial. In another notable matter, Mr. Doyle represented State Farm Insurance in the formation of State Farm Bank, FSB. Mr. Doyle is recognized for his ability to devise creative solutions to complex regulatory issues.