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
Employees1,084
Revenue 419M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Sandy Spring Bank is a provider of financial services to individuals and companies in US. Sandy Spring Bank was founded in 1868 and is based in Olney, Maryland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 6
Sector (Financial Services) 4 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 6
State (Virginia) 2 of 3
Country (United States) 4 of 6
Year (2017) 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) 12 of 15
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 7
State (Virginia) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 12 of 15
Year (2017) 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 is a financial holding company. Origin’s wholly owned bank subsidiary, Origin Bank, was founded in 1912. 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 was formed in 1912 and is based in Ruston, Louisiana.

Sell -