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 […]

Pillar+Aught advised Oxford Bank Corporation, the holding company for Oxford Bank, in connection with the successful completion of a $16 million private placement of fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes to certain qualified institutional buyers and institutional accredited investors.  Co-founder Ken Rollins led the Pillar+Aught team. More information on the transaction is available in the Press Release […]

Pillar+Aught advised PNC FIG Advisory, part of PNC Capital Markets LLC, in its role as exclusive placement agent for STAR Financial Group, Inc., the holding company for STAR Financial Bank, in connection with the successful completion of a $50 million private placement of fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes to certain qualified institutional buyers.  Co-founder Ken Rollins […]

Pillar+Aught advised PNC FIG Advisory, part of PNC Capital Markets LLC, in its role as exclusive placement agent for Union Bankshares, Inc., the holding company for Union Bank, in connection with the successful completion of a $16.5 million private placement of fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes to certain qualified institutional buyers and institutional accredited investors.  Co-founder […]

Pillar+Aught advised PNC FIG Advisory, part of PNC Capital Markets LLC, in its role as joint placement agent for AmeriServ Financial, Inc., the holding company for AmeriServ Financial Bank and AmeriServ Trust and Financial Services Company, in connection with the successful completion of a $27 million private placement of fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes to certain […]

Pillar+Aught advised PNC FIG Advisory, part of PNC Capital Markets LLC, in its role as exclusive placement agent for Linden Bancshares, Inc., the holding company for Texana Bank, in connection with the successful completion of a $7 million private placement of fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes to certain qualified institutional buyers and institutional accredited investors.  Co-founder […]

Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc. Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Riverview Financial Corporation Combination of two leading franchises creates a premier Pennsylvania community bank with approximately $4.8 billion in assets MILLERSBURG, PA, and HARRISBURG, PA, June 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc. (“Mid Penn”) (NASDAQ:MPB), headquartered in Millersburg, Pennsylvania, and Riverview Financial Corporation […]

It was just announced that Netflix series “Deaf U” won the 2021 Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming.  Todd Shill of Pillar+Aught served as production counsel on the groundbreaking reality series following the lives of deaf students at Gallaudet University in DC. https://realscreen.com/2021/09/15/framing-britney-spears-deaf-u-and-couples-therapy-highlight-tca-award-winners/    

Pillar+Aught co-founder Todd Shill served as production counsel on the new VH1 series “My True Crime Story.”  The series, which premiered on August 2, 2021, is narrated by Grammy-nominated rapper and actress Remy Ma, and features people “with good intentions who commit scandalous criminal activities and ultimately find redemption.”  Each episode will feature someone involved […]