Atty. Michael D. "Mike" Waters
Michael Waters is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. He focuses on issues facing banks, financial institutions, and other financial-services entities.
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Michael D. "Mike" Waters is a business attorney based in Birmingham, Alabama, practicing at Jones Walker Llp. Admitted to practice in Alabama, Alabama and District of Columbia, District of Columbia. Educated at The University of Alabama (JD, 1977) and University of Oxford (MA, 1975). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Banking and Finance Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Corporate Law (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Financial Services Regulation Law (2026). Serands clients in Birmingham, AL and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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About
- Michael Waters is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group
- He focuses on issues facing banks, financial institutions, and other financial-services entities
- Mike has practiced corporate and securities law, primarily in the financial institutions area, for more than 30 years
- He routinely represents banks, bank holding companies, and other financial entities in acquisitions, capital raising transactions, SEC and shareholder issues, new bank formations, and board fiduciary duty issues
- He has advised buyers and sellers in approximately 110 bank mergers and acquisitions, ranging from small community banks to the acquisition of a $34 billion holding company
- Mike also advises banks regarding regulatory issues, examinations, compliance, and enforcement proceedings
- Since 1994, Mike has served as an adjunct professor of law at The University of Alabama School of Law, where he taught banking law for 20 years and currently teaches corporate mergers and acquisitions
- He speaks frequently at seminars and has written numerous law review articles on banking and securities
- He is the author of Proxy Regulation, published in 1992 by the Practising Law Institute
- Mike served as legal advisor to Governor Fob James of Alabama from January 1979 to July 1980
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Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in Alabama
Practicing law in Alabama. Legal matters in Alabama are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Birmingham are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Alabama state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Alabama brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Alabama courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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