Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as financial advisor to Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG) in its acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of Investors Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISBC) in a stock and cash deal for approximately $3.5 billion. For more information, please see the companies’ press release.

Citizens offers a broad range of retail and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, large corporations and institutions.

The Debevoise team is led by M&A partner Andrew Bab.