John Blaylock is an Associate Director with Sheshunoff & Co. Investment Banking. With over 20 years of experience working with financial institutions as a commercial banker and as an advisor to banks and thrifts, John is primarily involved in the areas of merger and acquisition advisory services, capital advisory and valuation services for financial institutions. John has performed more than one hundred valuations, participated in dozens of mergers and acquisitions on both the sell-side and buy-side, provided litigation support and performed numerous shareholder value analyses.
John has over 13 years of experience in commercial banks, most recently in credit policy formulation and management at a $200+ million commercial bank. He has experience in strategic planning and budgeting, commercial lending, equipment leasing, trade finance, corporate finance and investments. John holds a bachelor of business administration in finance from the University of Texas at Austin and completed the necessary course work for the MBA program with a double concentration in Finance and Accounting. John is a registered representative with FINRA.
Knowledge contributed by John Blaylock
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Texas Banks Continue to Outperform the Nation
By: John Blaylock on 06/07/2010Opportunities abound for those with capital. Read more
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State of Arkansas Banking
By: John Blaylock on 05/25/2010The Arkansas economy has certainly been impacted by the national economic decline, but is faring better than many other states. March... Read more
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2009 3rd Quarter M&A Brief
By: John Blaylock on 12/01/2009A look at the sluggish 3rd quarter merger and acquisition activity in 2009 with only 27 deals announced. Additional charts. Read more
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2009 2nd Quarter M&A Review / Midyear Update
By: John Blaylock on 09/01/2009Merger and acquisition activity and pricing remained near record lows in the second quarter restrained by capital and credit concerns. Merger... Read more