Daniel C. McKay II

Daniel C. McKay, II represents and counsels financial institutions and their officers, directors and shareholders in connection with mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, corporate finance, corporate governance and regulatory and compliance matters.

He has guided more than 200 financial institutions in their mergers and acquisitions and securities offerings, with aggregate deal value totaling over $100 billion, including representing LaSalle Bank in its $20 billion sale to Bank of America. He is a frequent speaker on financial institution law matters, serves as an executive editor of the Financial Services Report and was selected by Crain’s Chicago Business as one of the top business leaders in Chicago. Dan has also been cited in publications such as the Bank Director Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, American Banker, Crain’s Chicago Business and the Chicago Tribune.

Dan has held various management positions at Vedder, including Chair of the Corporate practice area, Chair of the Financial Institutions Group, as well as membership on the firm’s Board of Directors, Compensation Committee and Strategic Planning Committee. For a number of years, he taught banking law and regulation at Loyola University School of Law. Prior to joining Vedder, he worked with the Securities and Corporate Division and Office of Enforcement of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Washington, DC. Dan has also received training from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.