M&A Deal Summary

National Commerce Acquires FirstAtlantic Bank

On January 1, 2018, National Commerce acquired financial services company FirstAtlantic Bank from Hovde Private Equity Advisors

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is National Commerce’s 3rd transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is National Commerce’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is National Commerce’s 3rd transaction in Florida.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-01-01
Target FirstAtlantic Bank
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) National Commerce
Sellers(s) Hovde Private Equity Advisors
Deal Type Merger
Advisor(s) FIG Partners (Financial)
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders (Legal)

Target

FirstAtlantic Bank

Jacksonville, Florida, United States
FirstAtlantic Bank has over $300 million in assets. Management of FirstAtlantic plans to grow over $1 billion in assets through bank acquisitions and enhanced organic growth. FirstAtlantic Bank is based in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

National Commerce

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Category Company
Founded 2004
Sector Financial Services
Employees289
Revenue 116M USD (2017)
DESCRIPTION

National Commerce Corp. is a provider of financial services for commercial and consumer customers through seven full-service banking offices in Alabama, twenty-five full-service banking offices in Florida and five full-service banking offices in the Atlanta, Georgia metro area. National Commerce was founded in 2004 and is based in Birmingham, Alabama.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 4
Sector: Financial Services M&A 3 of 3
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Florida M&A 3 of 3
Country: United States M&A 4 of 4
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-08-31 Private Bancshares

Atlanta, Florida, United States

Private Bancshares, Inc. is a provider of a personalized and tailored financial experience. Private Bancshares operates two full-service banking offices, with its headquarters in the Buckhead area of Atlanta, Georgia, and a branch office in Decatur, Georgia that operates under the trade name Private Bank of Decatur, a division of Private Bank of Buckhead.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Hovde Private Equity Advisors

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
Size Small
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Hovde Private Equity Advisors is the private equity investment arm of financial services firm, The Hovde Organization. Hovde Private Equity was created to invest in financial services companies, including banks, non-depository institutions, and other financial service providers. Hovde targets US based opportunities. Hovde Private Equity was formed in 1994 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 10
Sector: Financial Services M&A 9 of 10
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 2
State: Florida M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 9 of 10
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-11-22 Concord Wealth Management

Matawan, New Jersey, United States

Concord, which operates out of the Northeast as part of the outsourced asset management industry, provides comprehensive wealth management platforms to investment advisors (primarily bank wealth management and trust departments) that are moving away from proprietary account management to external professional management.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-04-13 Bay Bank

Lutherville, Maryland, United States

Bay Bank was placed into receivership by the FDIC and purchased through a Purchase & Assumption transaction. Bay Bank will primarily pursue organic growth in the Baltimore/Washington market with an expanding banking officer team and, over time, evaluate additional failed bank acquisitions as well as in-market consolidation opportunities. Bay Bank was founded in 2010 and is based in Lutherville, Maryland.

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