Donald Waack

Practice Areas

Don advises global financial institutions on complex strategic and regulatory matters, with a particular focus on significant cross-border transactions, regulatory compliance issues, and related supervisory and enforcement matters. Don advises many of the world's largest banks and bank holding companies on key regulatory and compliance matters, including regulatory control determinations; investment authority issues and activities restrictions; governance; fund formation; fintech partnerships and investments; digital asset and cryptocurrency activities; regulatory capital; vendor management issues; and proprietary trading and private fund restrictions arising under the Volcker Rule.

Don frequently counsels financial services clients on the structuring and execution of significant investments and provides practical, commercially-focused advice in connection with mergers and acquisitions and other complex transactions. He also counsels hedge funds, private equity funds, and other firms regarding investments in the banking sector and transactions with banks and other regulated counterparties. In connection with his regulatory counselling practice, Don works frequently with the staffs of the major federal and state bank regulatory agencies.

Don also advises domestic and non-U.S. financial services firms regarding sensitive internal investigations and similar matters. He has experience structuring and managing cross-border internal regulatory compliance reviews and has represented clients in connection with a broad range of regulatory inquiries and investigations, including federal and state supervisory and enforcement matters.