Samantha M. Kirby

Samantha regularly represents clients before federal and state regulatory agencies, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the FDIC, the Massachusetts Division of Banks and numerous other state bank regulators.

Samantha has significant M&A and corporate finance experience. Recent representative transactions include: 

• Brookline Bancorp, Inc.’s acquisition of PCSB Financial Corporation
• Alvarium Investments’ merger with Tiedemann Group
• Citizens Financial Group, Inc.’s acquisition of College Raptor
• Northmark Bank’s sale to Cambridge Trust Company
• Randolph Bancorp’s sale to Hometown Financial Group
• East Cambridge Savings Bank’s acquisition of Patriot Community Bank
• HarborOne Bancorp, Inc.’s mutual-to-stock conversion and minority stock offering, acquisition of Coastway Bancorp, Inc., and second-step conversion
• Cross Financial Corp. in a number of insurance agency acquisitions

Samantha is a member of the American Bar Association and is co-chair of the Banking Law Section of the Boston Bar Association.

Samantha was recognized by Chambers USA 2021, 2022, and 2023 for her work in Massachusetts in Banking & Finance: Corporate & Regulatory. She was also recognized by Chambers USA 2023 nationwide for her work in Financial Services Regulation: Financial Institutions M&A.

Samantha regularly speaks about corporate governance, strategic planning, and other topics of interest to financial institutions to legal and banking industry groups, including the American Bankers Association, the Massachusetts Bankers Association, the New York Bankers Association, the Pennsylvania Bankers Association, the New Hampshire Bankers Association, the Vermont Bankers Association and the Maryland Bankers Association.