M&A Deal Summary

Sandy Spring Bank Acquires WashingtonFirst Bankshares

On November 22, 2017, Sandy Spring Bank acquired financial services company WashingtonFirst Bankshares from Castle Creek Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sandy Spring Bank’s 4th transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Sandy Spring Bank’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Sandy Spring Bank’s 2nd transaction in Virginia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-11-22
Target WashingtonFirst Bankshares
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Sandy Spring Bank
Sellers(s) Castle Creek Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

WashingtonFirst Bankshares

Reston, Virginia, United States
WashingtonFirst Bankshares, Inc. is a holding company for WashingtonFirst Bank which focuses on providing quality, tailored services to its customers, conducts a full service commercial banking operation through 15 offices, with nine located in Northern Virginia, three in Maryland and three in the District of Columbia.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Sandy Spring Bank

Olney, Maryland, United States

Category Company
Founded 1868
Sector Financial Services
Revenue 419M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Sandy Spring Bank is a community bank that offers a broad range of commercial and retail banking, mortgage, private banking, and trust services throughout Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Through its subsidiaries, Rembert Pendleton Jackson and West Financial Services, Inc., Sandy Spring Bank also offers a comprehensive menu of wealth management services. Sandy Spring Bank was founded in 1868 and is based in Olney, Maryland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 6
Sector: Financial Services M&A 4 of 6
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 6
State: Virginia M&A 2 of 3
Country: United States M&A 4 of 6
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-31 CommerceFirst Bancorp

Annapolis, Maryland, United States

CommerceFirst Bancorp, Inc. provides financial services in US.

Buy $25M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-09-24 Revere Bank

Rockville, Maryland, United States

Revere Bank is a Maryland-state chartered bank that has 11 branches located in the suburban Maryland counties of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery, and Prince George’s. The Bank is a community-based, full-service commercial bank that emphasizes the banking needs of community-based businesses, professional entities, and individuals.

Buy $461M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Castle Creek Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Asset Manager
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 750M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Castle Creek Capital is a private investment firm that makes control investments in U.S.-based community banks with less than $10 billion of assets. The firm specializes in operating, recapitalizing and strategically refocusing US based banks. Castle Creek targets smaller, healthier banks that are under-performing or lack critical mass. Castle Creek offers the resources to then implement a roll-up acquisition program. Castle Creek Capital LLC was founded in 1992 and is based in Rancho Santa Fe, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 15
Sector: Financial Services M&A 12 of 15
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 7
State: Virginia M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 12 of 15
Year: 2017 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-07-23 Eastern Virginia Bankshares

Tappahannock, Virginia, United States

Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. own and operates twenty-three full-service branches in eastern Virginia. Eastern Virginia Bankshares was founded in 1910 and is based in Tappahannock, Virginia.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-08 Origin Bank

Ruston, Louisiana, United States

Origin Bank is a financial holding company. Deeply rooted in Origin’s history is a culture committed to providing personalized, relationship banking to its clients and communities. Origin provides a broad range of financial services to businesses, municipalities, high net worth individuals and retail clients, and currently operates 44 banking centers located from Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston, Texas across North Louisiana and into Mississippi. Origin Bank was formed in 1912 and is based in Ruston, Louisiana.

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