Phone: 314.889.7035
Fax: 314.622.6735

Zachary A. Abeles

Shareholder
Zachary A. Abeles concentrates his practice in the areas of general business and corporate matters.

He advises clients in all types and sizes of business entities and in a variety of industries, including manufacturers, food distributors, benefits plan administrators, restaurants, bulk packaging operations, grocery stores, and banks and bank holding companies.

Clients seek Mr. Abeles’ counsel and services on any number of strategic and day-to-day issues like initial formation, structure, reorganization, capital raising, and acquisitions and sales, as well as shareholder disputes and succession planning.

With respect to his work with banks and bank holding companies, Mr. Abeles is intimately involved in all regulatory matters, issues surrounding the Small Business Lending Fund and TARP, de novo charters, bank holding company formations, conversions of corporations to S corporation tax status, and the acquisition and sale of banks and bank holding companies, including bank branches.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • The Missouri Bar
  • Anti-Defamation League
  • Jewish Federation of St. Louis
    • Member of the Core Allocations and the Standards & Capacity Building Committees
    • Vice President of the Young Professionals Division
  • Multiple Sclerosis Society

Distinctions

  • 2010 MS Corporate Achiever Honoree - Gateway Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society
  • 2007 Recipient of the David N. and Roselin Grosberg Young Leadership Award from the Jewish Federation of St. Louis

Publications & Presentations

November 2011
BankNews
Co-Authors:  Joseph T. Porter and Zachary A. Abeles
July 2011
Presenter; Belleville, Illinois
February 2011
BankNews
Co-Authors:  Zachary A. Abeles and Brian Salmo
October 2010
Missouri Bankers Association - Young Bankers Leadership Conference
August 2010
BankNews
Co-Authors:  J. Michael Cornett and Zachary A. Abeles
February 2010
BankNews
Co-Authors:  Zachary A. Abeles and Jamie Zveitel Kwiatek
February 2009
Missouri Independent Bankers Association - Director's Supplement
January 2008
November 2007
August 2006
Missouri Independent Bankers Association - Director's Supplement
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