Steve Balian
Managing Partner at SW&M LLP
- Role
- Managing Partner at SW&M LLP
- Location
- Glendale, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Steve Balian
Styskal, Wiese & Melchione (“SWM”) is a progressive, transactional based, AV-rated…
Experience
Managing Partner
Jan 1998 — Present · Glendale, CA, US
Steve Balian is managing partner at SW & M, and is the leader of the firm’s merger and acquisition practice. Steve has extensive experience working closely with the NCUA and state regulatory authorities to advise clients in connection with hundreds of mergers and acquisitions, involving state and federally chartered credit unions; like size mergers; FTC/HSRA Applications, merger-related compensation disclosure, privately insured credit union mergers, acquisition of bank branches, legal \"day 1\" issues; migration and operational issues.Steve also co-leads the contract and technology practice, drafting and negotiating hundreds of contracts for complex technology services including core processing systems, mobile and online banking systems, payment systems, among others. He has drafted and negotiated hundreds of such contracts with key vendors in the industry such as: JHA/Symitar, Fiserv, Corelation, FIS, Q2, Digital Insight, Alkami, Access Softek, CO-OP, VISA, MasterCard, PSCU, MeridianLink, Mortgage Cadence, Ellie Mae, MortgageClick, CUNA, among many others. Steve has received an A/V Preeminent rating, the highest peer ranking awarded for professional excellence and ethical standards. He is licensed to practice before the California Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the United States District Court for the Northern, Central and Southern California Districts.Martindale Peer Review Rating:
Education
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Graduated with distinction in May, 1995. Admitted in CA 1995.
University of California, Riverside
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Skills
- Appeals
- Strategic Planning
- Legal Research
- Class Actions
- Business Strategy
- Due Diligence
- Litigation
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Mergers
- Contract Negotiation
- Business Litigation
- Employment Law
- Mediation
- Trademark Infringement
- Trade Secrets
- Insurance Law
- Civil Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Licensing
- Commercial Litigation
- Trademarks
- Corporate Governance
- Banking
- Mergers & Acquisitions
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