Gregory K. Bader had to navigate additional levels of negotiation when he led the sale of Gateway Financial Holdings of Florida Inc. to one of the largest community banks in Florida.

Bader, a shareholder in Gunster’s Fort Lauderdale office who specializes in banking and financial services, represented the $880 million bank holding company and its subsidiary banks in their merger with the $5 billion bank holding company CenterState Banks of Florida Inc. and its subsidiary, CenterState Bank N.A.