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Ivan M. Diamond Ivan is a member of the Corporate and Commercial Practice Group. He is the Banking and Financial Companies Team Co-Chair and the Securities Team Co-Chair. He was an attorney with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. prior to joining the firm. Ivan has represented a wide range of companies in connection with the numerous public and private offerings of equity and debt securities and mergers and acquisitions totaling billions of dollars. He counsels boards of directors on corporate governance and Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance. He has represented corporations in numerous complex transactions, including takeovers and takeover defense, spin-offs and going private transactions. Ivan has advised financial institutions in over 100 acquisitions and restructuring. He has been involved in a number of complex transactions and regulatory compliance with troubled financial institutions. His clients have also included companies in healthcare, restaurants, manufacturing, oil and gas and real estate.
Education
B.A., cum laude, University of Florida, 1962
J.D., University of Florida, 1964
Admitted to Practice
Florida, 1964
District of Columbia, 1966
Kentucky, 1969
Courts Admitted to Practice
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1969
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
Louisville Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association
Florida Bar Association
American Bar Association
Professional Leadership
President, Louisville Bar Foundation
Editorial Board, Florida Law Review
Louisville Chamber of Commerce, Louisville Strategic Economic Development Plan-Co-Chairman, Service Sector Task Force
Securities Law Committee, Kentucky Bar Association
Achievements in Areas of Concentration
Attorney, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., 1964-1968
Represented companies in connection with numerous public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, and mergers and acquisitions, totaling billions of dollars
Counseling Boards of Directors on corporate governance and Sarbanes-Oxley act compliance
Counsel to large bank holding company with respect to only Kentucky "stake-out" merger agreement and unique financing through redeemable debentures and stock purchase contracts
Represented numerous financial institutions in connection with organization, holding company formation, mergers, acquisitions, capitalization, and savings and loan conversions
Representation of "troubled" financial institutions
Corporate planning including "golden parachutes," director liability limitation and "poison pills"
Honors and Awards
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2008. Listed for more than 10 continuous years.
Listed in the 2007 Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Corporate/M&A - Kentucky.
Selected to Kentucky Super Lawyers, 2007
Selected Publications and Presentations
"Three Things Financial Institutions Should Remember About Minimizing Risks from Identity Theft" (Business First, co-author)
"Summary of Kentucky Banking Laws" (Southern Region Banking Legislation Group, co-author)
"New Techniques for Limiting Bank Director Liability" (The Business of Banking, co-author)
"Anti-Takeover Strategies-Shark Repellents"
"How Regulators Look at Bank Holding Company Acquisitions".
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