Hunton & Williams LLP Top Ranked in SNL Financial League Tables for Second Consecutive Year

Firm Advises on 11 Bank Acquisitions

DALLAS, TX, January 23, 2009 — Hunton & Williams LLP ranked #1 for the second consecutive year in SNL Financial’s league tables for bank and thrift legal advisers, by number of deals. SNL Financial is a multisector-focused information and research firm in the financial information marketplace.

The firm’s Financial Institutions Corporate and Regulatory lawyers advised on 11 whole bank acquisitions during 2008.

“Despite the down economy and a much lower number of whole bank M&A deals being done nationally and in Texas, the Financial Institutions Group at Hunton & Williams LLP was still able to complete 11 deals,” said Charles "Stormy" Greef, partner. “We were pleased to have been involved in all of these transactions and look forward to continuing our work with clients and prospective clients in what promises to be an interesting year ahead.”