Press Release

 

What does the remainder of 2010 hold for the financial markets? What will be the impact of pending financial reform? How can businesses best position themselves for the near and long term?
 

BB&T Chairman and CEO Kelly S. King and Womble Carlyle’s Financial Institutions Team asked those questions. King shared his outlook on the challenges in today's financial markets and offered candid "in the trenches" insights on leadership at Womble Carlyle’s Thought Leader Speaker Series. The event took place Wednesday, June 30 from 5-8 p.m. at Womble Carlyle’s Atlanta office.
 

“Inviting Kelly King to participate in the Thought Leader Speakers Series was a natural fit, as Kelly is recognized as one of America’s top business leaders and serves at the helm of BB&T, one of the country’s most outstanding financial services companies,” said Steve Dunlevie, leader of Womble Carlyle’s Financial Institutions Team. In addition to King’s leadership role at BB&T, the 10^th largest U.S. financial services holding company with $163.7 billion in assets, he is also a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
 

Womble Carlyle has a long-standing focus on the financial services industry. Led by Chris Leon, Womble Carlyle’s team of nearly 50 Capital Markets attorneys counsels more than 250 financial services clients in corporate finance, real estate finance, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, public finance, and loan workouts and distressed debt matters. The team’s clients range from some of the world’s largest financial institutions to small community banks.
 

“We want to give our clients and prospective clients more than just outstanding legal service. We want to provide high-level business information, delivered by industry leaders, and that is what the Thought Leader Speaker Series is all about,” said Womble Carlyle attorney John F. Sandy Smith, who created the Thought Leader Speaker Series concept.
 

The Thought Leader Speaker Series began last year and has included two sessions with Tom Cunningham, director of Research for the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta. The next event is scheduled for October.
 

Womble Carlyle is a full-service business law firm with a focus on innovative solutions to client needs. The firm supports the Association of Corporate Counsel in the ACC Value Challenge, which seeks to align legal services better with the needs of corporate clients.

The firm is located in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, and serves clients nationally and globally, with more than 500 attorneys in 11 offices: Atlanta, Ga.; Greenville, S.C.; Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, and Winston-Salem, N.C.; Washington, D.C.; Tysons Corner, Va.; Baltimore, Md.; and Wilmington, Del.

In the community, the firm is the first law firm to receive the Thurgood Marshall College Fund Corporate Leadership Award as well as the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Freedom Award.

About BB&T
BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT) is the 10^th largest financial services holding company in the U.S. with more than $163 billion in assets and market capitalization of $22.4 billion, as of March 31, 2010. Based in Winston-Salem, N.C., the company operates more than 1,800 financial centers in 12 states and Washington, D.C., and offers a full range of consumer and commercial banking, securities brokerage, asset management, mortgage and insurance products and services. A Fortune 500 company, BB&T is consistently recognized for outstanding client satisfaction by J.D. Power and Associates, the U.S. Small Business Administration, Greenwich Associates and others. More information about BB&T and its full line of products and services is available at www.BBT.com.