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Mitchell S Eitel

Mitchell S Eitel

Global 2026

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About

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Global

Practice Areas

Artificial Intelligence

Bank Regulatory

Consumer Financial Services

Cybersecurity

Digital Assets

Economic Sanctions and Financial Crime

Financial Services

Financial Services Capital Markets

Financial Services Mergers & Acquisitions

Fintech

Mergers & Acquisitions

National Security

Privacy

Private Equity

Career

Partner since 1996. Mitch Eitel is Managing Partner of our Financial Services Group and a member of the Firm’s Management Committee. He has a broad practice covering the needs of our financial services clients, focusing largely on mergers and acquisitions as well as governance and other corporate, securities and regulatory aspects of transactional matters for banks, asset managers, insurers, broker-dealers, finance and financial technology companies. Mr. Eitel has worked on many of the largest, most complex transactions in the financial services industries, including the major transactions of the Financial Crisis. In addition to transactional work, Mr. Eitel works with our financial services clients on a wide range of regulatory and enforcement matters. These have included subjects such as de novo charters and resolution planning, anti-money laundering, consumer compliance, cybersecurity and other areas of regulatory scrutiny. Law360 has stated that Mr. Eitel “has for years been one of the banking bar’s preeminent voices.”

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

Fellow, American Bar Foundation

American Law Institute

New York City Bar Association

Member, American Law Institute

Legal Counsel, Archaeological Institute of America

Personal

Columbia (JD, 1987; AB, 1984).

Chambers Review

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Chambers Global Guide

Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory - USA

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial

Mitchell Eitel is skilled at achieving the regulatory and transactional goals of his financial services clients.

Strengths

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  • He is accessible and strategic in terms of the banking landscape.

    Banking & Finance: Mainly RegulatoryChambers Global Guide
  • Mitchell is a phenomenal bank M&A lawyer.

    Banking & Finance: Mainly RegulatoryChambers Global Guide
  • I highly value his depth of experience and judgement.

    Banking & Finance: Mainly RegulatoryChambers Global Guide

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