Paul Hastings' Kevin Petrasic to Speak at Private Equity Leaders Forum 2009, Buying a Failed Bank, in New York City

New York, NY, December 02, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Kevin Petrasic, Of Counsel in the Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Financial Services practice group, will speak at Private Equity Leaders Forum 2009, "Buying a Failed Bank: Opportunities and Pitfalls" (http://www.PrivateEquityLeadersForum.com), on December 11th, New York City. Top level executives, businessmen, investors, bankers, lawyers, consultants and professionals in general are making Private Equity Leaders Forum 2009 their source of information for the issues and challenges surrounding buying or making a significant investment at failed banks.

Mr. Petrasic advises financial services firms and depository institutions on a wide array of regulatory, legislative, transactional and compliance issues. Mr. Petrasic has broad government experience, including serving as Special Counsel, Managing Director of External Affairs, Director of Congressional Affairs, Legislative Counsel, and Assistant Chief Counsel at the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Thrift Supervision, as well as Counsel to the former House Banking Committee. He has extensive understanding and experience working with the Federal banking agencies, the House Financial Services and Senate Banking committees, the Treasury Department, other financial services regulators, and the financial and national media.

Mr. Petrasic is a regular speaker at financial services industry conferences and seminars, appears on various news shows, including Bloomberg Television and Al Jazeera English Television, and is a frequent source for numerous financial publications, including the American Banker, Wall Street Journal, Reuters News Service, Bloomberg News, and BNA Banking Report, and various other national news publications. Mr. Petrasic holds a Juris Doctor from The Columbus School of Law of the Catholic University of America, and joint Bachelor’s degrees in economics and political science from the University of Delaware.

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