the financial forefront

Dorsey handles both transactional and litigation bankruptcy and workout-oriented matters and our representation extends beyond debtors and creditors to include fiduciaries, trustees, equity holders and buyers of distressed assets. Read more here.

Blockchain technology and digital assets are both innovative and disruptive in nature—but Dorsey attorneys have been heavily involved in these emerging industry segments since their inception. Not only is it necessary to understand how Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies and digital assets function and are created, it is also critical to have the ability to advise clients how fast-evolving securities, tax and licensing regulation impact participants in this arena.

Dorsey represents banks, mortgage lenders, student loan companies, auto lenders, credit unions, loan servicers, FinTech companies and card issuers on matters including litigation, regulatory compliance, rulemaking proceedings and enforcement. Read more here.

Corporate trust clients look to Dorsey for advice on fiduciary responsibilities and legal compliance and risk management issues on the transactional side of the business. Transactional matters include municipal finance, structured finance, corporate finance, acquisitions and other matters. Our corporate trust litigation team advises on default situations, as well as legal defenses for fiduciary claims and lawsuits brought by security holders, transaction parties, regulatory authorities and others. Read more here.

We serve banking and other financial institutions in a wide spectrum of other services important to their business, including:

• Benefits and Compensation
• Intellectual Property
• Labor and Employment
• Public Company Matters / SEC Compliance
• Technology Licensing

Dorsey assists clients with a variety of transactions, including co-branded agreements, merchant processing agreements and portfolio purchases.

Dorsey represents a wide variety of foreign banks and financial institutions, including leading banks in China, Latin America, Europe, Canada and other financial centers. Read more here.

Lawyers in Dorsey’s Banking and Financial Institutions Group advise on all aspects of the FinTech sector. We help clients navigate the critical and ever-changing business, legal and regulatory issues associated with the technological disruption of financial services. We advise in the areas of litigation, regulatory, cybersecurity and privacy, intellectual property and corporate matters. Read more here.

We represent banks and financial institutions in conducting internal investigations or defending government investigations involving compliance and related issues, including bank fraud, consumer financial products, money laundering, government seizure orders, data protection (compliance and breach response) and FIRREA matters. Read more here.

In addition to traditional commercial loans, our expertise extends to a broad range of specialized areas including asset-based lending, project finance, tribal finance, mezzanine financing, warehouse financing, real estate financing, and other forms of lending. Parties we represent in lending transactions include not only lending banks and financial institutions, but also lead arrangers, administrative agents, trustees and borrowers. Read more here.

Dorsey represents banks and financial institutions on a wide variety of litigation, arbitration and investigatory matters, both complex and “normal,” including disputes with regulators, third-party vendors, shareholders and customers. Read more here.

Our highly-ranked M&A practice assists clients in the acquisition or disposition of bank holding companies, banks, branches, financial services firms and other financial institutions. Read more here.

Dorsey advises financial institutions and borrowers on construction and permanent lending secured by real estate, along with other matters relating to real estate such as foreclosures, workouts and other servicing and dispute resolution scenarios. Read more here.

Increasingly complex regulatory oversight of banks and financial institutions is a major business issue for our clients. Whether it is regulation relating to establishing a U.S. bank or financial institution or opening a representative office of a foreign bank or financial institution, major legislative regulatory overlays such as Dodd-Frank and the CFPB's regulations, or other evolving landscapes such as anti-money laundering or privacy and data security, Dorsey helps guide banks and financial institutions to avoid or address a multitude of potential pitfalls. Read more here.

Services include advice on estate and trust administration, fiduciary responsibilities and risk management; representation of clients in trust construction and reformation proceedings; and defense of breach of fiduciary claims. Read more here.

An increasing trend among banks and financial institutions is the creation of a “wealth management” group or department that brings together financial products and services needed by high net-worth customers seeking a suite of services, including trust, investment advice, broker-dealer services and focused traditional financial products linked together by a “private banker.”  Dorsey helps clients navigate the complex state and federal statutes and regulations that apply to wealth management operations, as well as navigate the regulatory agencies and organizations that enforce the statutory scheme.  At the center of legal advice that is necessary for banks and financial institutions is compliance with broker-dealer requirements, investment advisor registration and compliance and national bank delivery of fiduciary services.  Read more here.