Areas of Practice
Financial Institutions & Holding Companies
General Corporate Matters
Title
Partner
Office
Indianapolis, Indiana
Bar Admissions
Indiana, 1981
U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 1981
Education
Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana
J.D.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Law Review: Indiana Law Review, Articles Editor, 1980 - 1981
Indiana University
B.S.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
A graduate of Indiana University and its School of Law , Mr. Tanselle's practice includes counseling commercial banks, savings associations and small businesses on corporate and securities matters, regulatory and enforcement matters and executive compensation issues. Mr. Tanselle has been counsel in numerous merger and acquisition transactions, defended hostile takeover actions, been counsel in connection with issuer tender offers, served as issuer's counsel and underwriters' counsel in public offerings of equity and debt securities and been involved in the implementation of leveraged employee stock ownership plans. He has also been counsel to several de novo banks. Mr. Tanselle currently serves as a member of the firm's Executive Committee.
Published Works
Efficiency of Liberalizing Branch Banking in Indiana, Indiana Law Review, Vol. 13, P.799
The Infatuation with Thrifts (Co-Author), Hoosier Banker, February, 1989
Holding Companies for Thrifts, Thift Focus, Vol. II, No. 1, Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis
ESOPs, Thrift Focus, Vol. III, No. 3, Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis
ESOPs for Registered Bank Holding Companies, ESOP Association Annual Convention, 1989
ESOP in Mergers & Acquisitions, ESOP Association Annual Convention, 1990
Classes/Seminars Taught
Mergers & Acquisitions: The Art of Doing Deals, National Business Law Institute, 2004
Mergers & Acquisitions: The Art of Doing Deals, National Business Law Institute, 2001
Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 2000
Current Issues in Banking Law in Indiana, National Business Institute, 1995
Current Issues in Banking Law in Indiana, National Business Institute, 1993
Current Issues in Banking Law, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1991
Secured Lending and Secured Financing, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1990
Employee Stock Ownership Plans, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1990
First Annual Banking Symposium, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1988
Honors and Awards
The Best Lawyers in America - Banking Law, 2007
Indiana Super Lawyers, 2006-2008
Who's Who in Banking, Indianapolis Business Journal
40 Under 40, Indianapolis Business Journal
Professional Associations and Memberships
Methodist Health Foundation, 2004 - Present
Board of Trustees
Christian Theological Seminary, 2004 - Present
Board of Trustees
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Stanley K. Lacy Leadership Series, 1989 - 1990
Member
The Beacon Society of Methodist Hospital
Charter Member
Title 28 of the Indiana Code (Findings were used by the Indiana Legislature's Interim Study Committee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit)
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