Bank/Thrift/Credit Union Regulatory Practice
We have an active banking and thrift regulatory practice, representing federal and state banks and thrifts of all sizes on a wide variety of legal and regulatory matters, often serving as outside general counsel to our clients. We advise our clients on the application of federal and state banking laws and regulations to their operations and the impact of new and pending legislation, regulations and interpretations affecting financial institutions. Our attorneys have experience working with the regulatory authorities and assist our clients in investigations and formal and informal enforcement actions. We also assist our clients with trust preferred offerings, charter conversions and similar transactions requiring regulatory approval.
Our regulatory experience includes advising our banking clients on capital adequacy and liquidity requirements, Bank Secrecy Act developments, fraud prevention, general banking powers, electronic banking, sweep account disclosures, and consumer lending regulatory compliance. We also counsel undercapitalized banks with supervisory agreements and cease and desist orders, and advise our bank and non-bank financial services clients alike in enforcement matters brought by state and federal banking agencies.