Prosperity’s Rasche With Bracewell: Shepherding the Second Largest Bank Merger in Texas History

Charlotte Rasche has been through a few mergers and acquisitions at Prosperity Bancshares Inc., first when she practiced at Bracewell and later as the bank’s general counsel.

But none of the deals was as big – or as monumental – as the Houston bank’s $2.1 billion purchase of Plano-based LegacyTexas, which was the second largest bank merger in Texas history at the time and created the second largest bank by deposits headquartered in the state.

The transaction landed Rasche and her lead outside counsel, Bracewell partner Will Anderson, as finalists for the M&A Deal of the Year by the Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel and The Texas Lawbook.

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