Financial Services Regulation: Financial Institutions M&A

Gregory Lyons provides comprehensive transactional and regulatory advice to financial services firms. He routinely helps clients achieve compliance with state and federal banking regulations, including those of the SEC, FDIC and OCC.

"Gregory is tireless and continually searches for solutions."

"He has a good sense of the business imperatives and is an outstanding lawyer."

"He's extremely knowledgeable in the banking space and draws upon his historical knowledge to help solve problems."

Jeffrey Robins is distinguished by the strength of his broker-dealer compliance practice, which sees him acting for a wide range of securities market participants. He is particularly adept at advising on cross-border regulatory matters.

"He has a deep understanding of market practices and conventions."

"He's great to work with and always brings a practical and pragmatic approach."

Nicholas Potter maintains a successful practice, which is focused on major transactions in the insurance sector. He also coheads the firm's financial institutions department.

Satish Kini remains a noted expert on emerging regulatory issues in the banking space. He regularly advises banks and other financial institutions on data privacy, AML and Volcker Rule compliance.

"He is very knowledgeable in this space and very pragmatic."

"He is highly responsive, thoughtful and thorough."

"Satish Kini is a very good writer; he's efficient and he understands the law well."

Up-and-coming attorney Caroline Swett is frequently called to advise banking clients and other financial institutions on a host of compliance matters often surrounding conduct risk and crypto-asset activities.

"From an expertise perspective she's great; she's also got a really practical and pragmatic approach."

"Caroline is phenomenal. She is very responsive and very good technically."

Chen Xu is relied upon for his impressive capabilities in bank regulatory matters and is often touted for his particularly standout expertise in capital requirement issues.

"He's extremely responsive and does really high quality work."

"Chen is super responsive, very technically capable on highly complex analysis and has a lot of market knowledge."