Exhibit 23.01

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements, as listed below, of our reports dated February 25, 2016, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Union Bankshares Corporation as of December 31, 2015 and for the year then ended and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Union Bankshares Corporation as of December 31, 2015, included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of Union Bankshares Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

Registration
Statement
Number
  Form   Description
333-198710   Form S-3   Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Debt Securities, Warrants, Purchase Contracts, Units
333-175807   Form S-3   Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Debt Securities, Warrants, Purchase Contracts, Units
333-166520   Form S-3   Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B
333-165874   Form S-3   Common stock
333-161860   Form S-3   Common stock
333-156946   Form S-3   Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A; Warrant to Purchase 422,636 Shares of Common Stock; 422,636 Shares of Common Stock
333-154730   Form S-3   Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Debt Securities, Warrants, Purchase Contracts, Units
333-144481   Form S-3   Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan
033-78060   Form S-3   Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan
333-102012   Form S-3   Common stock
333-81199   Form S-3   Common stock
333-203580   Form S-8   Union Bankshares Corporation Stock and Incentive Plan
333-193364   Form S-8   FNB Corporation 2000 Incentive Stock Plan, FNB Corporation 2006 Incentive Stock Plan, StellarOne Corporation Stock Incentive Plan and StellarOne Corporation Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan
333-175808   Form S-8   Union First Market Bankshares Corporation 2011 Stock Incentive Plan
333-113842   Form S-8   Union Bankshares Corporation Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Plan
333-113839   Form S-8   Union Bankshares Corporation 2003 Stock Incentive Plan

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

Richmond, Virginia

February 25, 2016