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About
Provided by Samantha Kirby
Practice Areas
Samantha Kirby is Chair of Goodwin’s Financial Services group and co-chair of the Banking and Consumer Financial Services practice. Samantha advises boards and management of financial institutions, fintech companies (including fintechs operating in the crypto space), and other financial services firms on strategic corporate governance and bank regulatory and compliance matters, SEC reporting, and capital markets and M&A transactions. For banks, Samantha’s transactional work includes mutual-to-stock conversions, holding company formations, and de novo bank chartering. In addition to working with the firm's full service bank and thrift clients, Samantha has worked extensively with nonbank financial services providers to establish limited purpose trust banks and other nontraditional vehicles for providing fiduciary and asset management services, and advises banks and trust companies that manage collective investment funds and other commingled pools. She has been selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
Personal
JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 2001; MSFS Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, 2001; BA Wellesley College, 1997 (magna cum laude).
Chambers Review
USA
Samantha Kirby is recognized for her excellent work counseling clients on corporate governance, banking regulations and transactional-related concerns. She frequently works with large financial institutions on various banking and finance matters.
Samantha Kirby is recognized for her prowess as a transactional attorney, offering clients the benefit of extensive experience in M&A matters. Her expertise encompasses routine dealings with the FDIC and OCC and a wide range of state and federal regulators.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Samantha is extremely knowledgeable. Her technical expertise is exceptionally strong."
"She is smart, hardworking and thoughtful."
"She is smart and provides creative solutions to issues that arise."
"She is extremely knowledgeable and her technical expertise is exceptionally strong. She is an outstanding attorney."
"Samantha is extremely knowledgeable. Her technical expertise is exceptionally strong."
"She is smart, hardworking and thoughtful."
"She is smart and provides creative solutions to issues that arise."
"She is extremely knowledgeable and her technical expertise is exceptionally strong. She is an outstanding attorney."
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