Banking & Financial Services

With the passage and implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act an already difficult and complex bank regulatory landscape has become even more difficult to navigate. Pierce Atwood represents and advises banks and financial institutions of all types and all sizes with respect to corporate transactions and federal and state bank regulatory requirements and restrictions, including de novo bank formations and charter conversions, holding company reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, branch purchases and sales, interstate expansion and operations, corporate governance and structure, Community Reinvestment Act,  regulatory capital requirements, privacy, affiliate transactions, insider lending, insurance and investment activities, patents and trademarks, employment law matters, executive compensation and benefits, tax-advantaged investments, outsourced data servicing and other vendor contracts, state and federal taxation, trust and fiduciary services, and regulatory examination and enforcement proceedings.

Please contact Kevin Handly or Jim Zimpritch for more information about our practices serving clients in the banking & financial services industry.