William E Stern

William Stern is a partner in Goodwin’s Financial Services, Banking, Consumer Financial Services, and Fintech practices. William works on a variety of transactional and regulatory matters for Goodwin's financial services clients. William regularly advises depository institutions and their holding companies on compliance with regulatory requirements related to capital, affiliate and insider transactions, permissible activities and investments, anti-money laundering rules, trust department and asset management operations, and consumer protection. He provides regulatory advice related to merger and acquisition transactions undertaken by the firm's financial services clients as well as advising on change in control requirements related to investments in financial institutions. William also counsels the firm’s clients on compliance with federal and state privacy and data protection requirements.