About Valentino DiGiorgio

For more than 25 years, Valentino DiGiorgio has advised and counseled financial institutions, not-for profit entities, commercial borrowers, local governments, real estate developers, and a variety of large and small businesses. He began his career as a bank examiner for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, evaluating the financial statements, management and liquidity of FDIC insured banks.

Mr. DiGiorgio received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Temple University. After graduating Villanova Law School in 1994, he served as assistant counsel to the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and then as a lawyer in the Pennsylvania Senate before joining Stradley Ronon where he practiced law for over 20 years. He has also served as solicitor to Uwchlan Township Industrial Development Authority and Bethlehem Revitalization and Improvement Authority.

In private practice, Valentino represented banks and other financial institutions in connection with state and federal regulatory compliance and documenting and closing commercial loans to commercial borrowers and not for profit entities. Later, Valentino went on to represent state and local governments, investment banks and 501(c)(3) entities as bond counsel, borrower counsel, lender’s counsel, and underwriter’s counsel for private and public financings in an aggregate amount in excess of $4 billion.

More recently, as Corporate & General Counsel to two national restaurant chains and their parent entities, Valentino oversaw a variety of complex corporate, M&A, restructuring, real estate and employment matters, helping to lead those organizations during the pandemic and related economic challenges.