Areas of Practice
- Banking & Financial Services
- Corporate & Securities
- Fiscal Recovery Resource Center
- Real Estate: Land Use, Development & Finance
Education
- The University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 1993, magna cum laude; Hugo L. Black Scholar
- Baylor University, M.I.M., 1987
- Auburn University, B.A., 1985
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 1993
Eric Dyas is a special counsel in the firm's Banking & Financial Services Practice Group. He practices primarily in the area of financial institution law and regulation, though his practice also extends to the areas of corporate and real estate law.
Mr. Dyas represents banks, thrifts, and their holding companies in a wide range of matters, including mergers and acquisitions, branch purchase and sale transactions, bank and thrift conversions, permissible activities and activity restrictions, regulatory capital requirements, branching, interstate expansion, affiliate transactions, insider lending, and going-private transactions. He also assists clients with de novo bank formation and problem bank issues, including the negotiation of and compliance with formal and informal enforcement actions; capital planning; prompt corrective action requirements; and asset quality, management, and liquidity deficiencies.
Mr. Dyas has practiced before various state bank regulatory agencies as well as the regional and national offices of the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS).
Noteworthy
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010 (Copyright 2009 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the area of Corporate Governance and Compliance Law (listed annually since 2009)
Representative Matters
- Chartered new banks
- Handled the regulatory issues associated with a large number of bank, thrift, and holding company sales and acquisitions ranging from $50 million to $1 billion
- Oversaw the conversion of a multi-billion-dollar state-chartered bank to a federal savings association, the conversion of a multi-billion-dollar state-chartered bank to a national bank, and the conversion of a multi-billion-dollar national bank to a state chartered bank
- Negotiated numerous formal and informal enforcement actions on behalf of state-chartered and national banks, and assisted in related compliance efforts
- Assisted numerous banks in achieving their interstate expansion objectives through charter acquisition
News
- 2010 Best Lawyers in America Rankings Showcase Jones Walker’s Depth, Growth
- Sixty-Three Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009; Jones Walker Top-Listed in Louisiana
- Jones Walker Joins with Miller Hamilton
Presentations
- "The Regulatory Enforcement Process", January 12, 2010, Weathering the Storm Webinar Series
- "The Current Banking Environment and Its Implications For Your Next Exam", December 15, 2009, Weathering the Storm Webinar Series
Memberships
- Alabama State Bar
- American Bar Association
Languages
- French
