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FRANK A. MAYER III with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, focuses his practice on complex business and commercial transactions in the areas of corporate finance, regulatory law, technology, administrative law, government affairs, insolvency, banking and finance, workouts, mergers and acquisitions, nonprofit and corporate reorganization, and tax issues. Mr. Mayer also counsels business enterprises with respect to their relationships with federal, state and local government. His clients represent an array of industries, including health care, real estate, telecommunications, sports, utility and energy. Prior to joining Buchanan Ingersoll, Mr. Mayer was a partner with a Philadelphia-based law firm where he concentrated his practice on business and commercial transactions in both the public and private sectors. Before that, he was corporate chair of the Philadelphia Law Department, where he supervised 20 deputies and a team of 225 attorneys and staff in the commercial, health and human services, tax and regulatory affairs units. Mr. Mayer served on the Rendell for Governor Campaign as co-chair of its Tax Policy Committee and is a member of its Finance Committee. He began his law career in private practice and moved on to become a partner with several Philadelphia law firms. In 1991, Mr. Mayer joined the FDIC and litigated complex multistate financial institution-related civil actions. After six years with the FDIC, he then became a consultant with AXA Group, counseling the company on federal and state legislation of interest to financial institutions, insurance companies and investment banking firms. He then joined then-Philadelphia Mayor Edward Rendell's staff.
During his service with the FDIC, Mr. Mayer was honored with Sustained Superior Performance, Merit and Incentive awards. He was presented with the Philadelphia Bowl award by then-Mayor Edward G. Rendell when he left service with the city of Philadelphia. He has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in the area of banking law each year since the designation was established in 2004.
Buchanan Ingersoll has had 33 attorneys selected as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers in 2006 and 2007. Mr. Mayer is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. States Tax Court and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is affiliated with the Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers, the Philadelphia Bar Association, the Bankers' Association for Finance and Trade, the Philadelphia Council for Business Economics, the National Association of Business Economics, the Philadelphia Securities Association, the Foreign Policy Research Institute, the Pennsylvania Society and the SEPTA Regional Economic Impact Advisory Committee. Mr. Mayer is a member of the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia and is on the advisory board of the Philadelphia Revenue Commissioner. He earned his B.B.A. degree, with honors, from Temple University; his J.D. degree from Duquesne University; and his LL.M. degree in taxation from Villanova University School of Law. He may be reached by phone at 215-665-3815 or by email at frank.mayer@bipc.com.
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