The financial services industry is one of our most significant areas of practice. We advise a diverse group of financial services providers in matters ranging from regulatory compliance and corporate governance, to mergers and acquisitions, complex financing transactions, and litigation.
Our financial services clients include:
- Local, regional and global banking and lending institutions
- Federal and state banks and thrifts
- Savings associations and credit unions
- Issuers of credit cards and other forms of consumer credit
- Payment processing companies
- Mortgage companies and mortgage servicers
- Insurance companies
- Accounting firms
- Investment banking firms
- Governmental lending agencies
- Pension funds
- Financial advisors
- Financing companies
- Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Institutional investment funds
We regularly advise our financial services clients on complex regulatory matters and represent them before state and federal banking agencies. This includes guiding our clients through formal and informal enforcement proceedings and negotiating supervisory agreements and cease and desist orders on their behalf. We also represent financial services clients in M&A and capital-raising transactions, such as issuances of common and preferred stock, warrants, and subordinated debt, that raise complex securities law issues.
We also assist our financial institution clients on a broad range of treasury management issues, including the development of new products, customer agreements, UCC issues, regulatory matters, and technology and outsourcing agreements.
Our team also regularly advises financial service providers on cybersecurity and data protection compliance matters and helps them develop risk-based approaches to managing data privacy. Our work in this area includes helping clients investigate and respond to data breaches, negotiating and drafting data privacy agreements and policies, and developing comprehensive data protection programs that prepare clients to face the legal challenges in this fast-evolving area.
