Mid Penn Bank and PennCrest BANK® Announce Definitive Agreement for Sale of Mid Penn’s Williamsburg Financial Center to PennCrest HARRISBURG AND ALTOONA, PA. – April 20, 2022.  Mid Penn Bank (the “Bank”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc. (“Mid Penn”) (NASDAQ: MPB), and PennCrest BANK (“PennCrest”), a Pennsylvania-chartered mutual savings bank headquartered […]

Pillar+Aught advised PNC FIG Advisory, part of PNC Capital Markets LLC, in its role as exclusive placement agent for Cogent Bancorp, Inc., holding company for Cogent Bank, in connection with the successful completion of a $20.5 million private placement of fixed rate senior notes to certain qualified institutional buyers and institutional accredited investors.  Co-founder Ken […]

Pillar+Aught advised PNC FIG Advisory, part of PNC Capital Markets LLC, in its role as exclusive placement agent for Evolve Bancorp, Inc., holding company for Evolve Bank & Trust, in connection with the successful completion of a $10.5 million private placement of fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes to certain qualified institutional buyers and institutional accredited investors.  […]

Pillar+Aught advised PNC FIG Advisory, part of PNC Capital Markets LLC, in its role as exclusive placement agent for Greenback Fincorp, Inc., holding company for Austin Capital Bank, in connection with the successful completion of a $10.5 million private placement of fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes to certain qualified institutional buyers and institutional accredited investors.  Co-founder […]

Todd Shill represented Executive Producers Nyle DiMarco and Sami Housman on Oscar Nominated Netflix documentary “Audible.”  “Audible” follows the Maryland School for the Deaf’s football team on their journey to defend their winning streak, while simultaneously coping with the tragic loss of a close friend to suicide.  The film will be competing in the Best […]

Pillar+Aught co-founder and principal Kevin M. Gold was a featured guest on a new episode of the Freakonomics Radio podcast, one of the most popular podcasts in the world. Gold was a guest on episode 493: Why Does the Most Monotonous Job in the World Pay $1 Million?examining the specialized role of long snappers in […]

Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Riverview Financial Corporation  MILLERSBURG, Pa., (December 1, 2021) (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc. (“Mid Penn”) (NASDAQ: MPB) today announced that its acquisition of Riverview Financial Corporation (“Riverview”) was completed after the close of business on November 30, 2021. In connection with the holding company merger, Riverview’s […]

Less Carrot, More Stick OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate and the Emergency Temporary Standard The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) recently issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) requiring private employers with at least 100 employees to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment. A variety of information regarding the newly issued ETS can […]

Pillar+Aught co-founder and principal Kate Deringer Sallie was named the 2022 Lawyer of the Year for Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Restructuring for the Harrisburg area by Best Lawyers.  Best Lawyers highlights one attorney in a particular location and practice area who received the highest votes from his or her peers in a given year. 

Pillar+Aught co-founder Todd Shill served as production counsel on the upcoming Animal Planet and Discovery+ series “Mysterious Creatures with Forrest Galante,” premiering on October 17, 2021 at 9 pm. In this new series, wildlife biologist Forrest Galante (host of Animal Planet’s “Extinct or Alive”), along with his wife and zoologist Jessica Summerfield, will travel around the […]