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Provided by Marina Olman-Pal
Financial Regulatory & Compliance
Banking & Financial Services
Fintech
Blockchain & Digital Assets
Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)
Corporate
Latin America Practice
Marina Olman-Pal is a Co-Chair of the firm’s Financial Regulatory & Compliance Practice. She advises foreign and U.S. financial institutions on a broad range of U.S. federal and state regulatory matters including licensing/chartering, acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, third-party risk management and oversight issues, BaaS and other bank/fintech-related matters, compliance with Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/anti-money laundering (AML) laws and regulations, and compliance with fair access law matters.
Marina counsels a wide range of companies in the financial services sector including, domestic and foreign banks, money services businesses including money transmitters, cryptocurrency businesses, Fintech companies, digital payment companies, and gaming companies. Throughout her career, Marina has represented clients before U.S. regulators such as the Federal Reserve, OCC, FDIC, FinCEN, OFAC, the Florida Office of Financial Regulation and other state supervisory authorities. Marina also regularly develops anti-money laundering programs for a wide range of financial services businesses and non-financial services businesses including, U.S. and foreign companies active in industries such as real estate, hospitality, automotive and artificial intelligence, among many others.
Concentrations:
Financial services regulatory and compliance
Bank and MSB formation, licensing, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures
Bank regulatory compliance
FinTech/digital payments regulatory compliance
Blockchain & digital assets regulatory compliance
Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering compliance guidance
Sanctions compliance guidance
Vice Chair, Financial & International Business Association (FIBA) Executive Committee
Member, Financial & International Business Association (FIBA) Board of Directors
Chair, Financial & International Business Association (FIBA) Legal and Regulatory Affairs Committee
Member, CrossTech Regulatory and Compliance Committee
Education
J.D., cum laude, American University Washington College of Law, 2006
B.S., Biological Sciences, cum laude, Florida International University, 2001
Provided by Chambers
Marina Olman-Pal has significant experience aiding key banks with mergers and acquisitions, and related compliance, licensing and registration matters. She is also highly capable of assisting with their expansion into international regions.
Provided by Chambers
Marina has a deep, substantive knowledge of federal banking regulations.
Marina is a fantastic lawyer.
Marina knows everyone in the space and she's got a good grip on the market, so she's been really helpful in making sure we're keeping up with our competitors.
Marina Olman-Pal is my absolute go-to person for banking issues. She is super-knowledgeable across the board.
Marina has a deep, substantive knowledge of federal banking regulations.
Marina is a fantastic lawyer.
Marina knows everyone in the space and she's got a good grip on the market, so she's been really helpful in making sure we're keeping up with our competitors.
Marina Olman-Pal is my absolute go-to person for banking issues. She is super-knowledgeable across the board.