Mr. Perry oversees the operation of Hovde Capital Advisors
and all legal matters, including compliance, involving Hovde
Capital Advisors and its affiliates. Skilled and experienced
in the structuring and negotiating of transactions, Mr.
Perry is also involved in the negotiations of the various
acquisitions made by the private equity and investment
fund affiliates. An expert in the areas of corporate, securities
and financial institution matters, including complex corporate
and banking mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations, securities
offerings (both public and private placements), and proxy
contests, Mr. Perry has been lead counsel and strategist
on numerous complex supervisory and non-supervisory acquisitions
involving both foreign and domestic acquirers.
Prior to joining the Hovde organization in 1997, Mr. Perry
served as outside counsel while he was a partner in the
law firm of Perry, Simmons & Loots, P.C. in Washington,
D.C., where his area of concentration was Banking, Corporate
and Securities Law. Mr. Perry was previously in-house counsel
of a large New England thrift, Executive Assistant to the
Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (now the Office
of Thrift Supervision), and Partner in Charge of several
East Coast financial institution practice groups for the
national law firms of McKenna, Conner & Cuneo, Baker
& Hostetler (where he also served on the D.C. Office
Management Committee), and Hogan & Hartson.
Mr. Perry received his law degree from Suffolk University
School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts, and his Bachelor
of Arts degree from American International College in Massachusetts,
where he majored in Political Science and earned a minor
in French. Mr. Perry was the recipient of the McGowan Award
for outstanding scholastic achievement and public service.
In his charitable endeavors, Mr. Perry has served as the
Treasurer of the Special Olympics and actively supports
and participates in numerous civic and humanitarian organizations.
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