A Multidisciplinary Team for an Evolving Industry
Our position as the leading U.S. financial services practice is built on the trust our clients put in us when we handle their most important and complex matters and on our history of being at the leading edge of financial services regulation and innovation in the industry.Our practice is distinguished by its industry focus and cross-disciplinary approach - unique among our peers. Our financial services lawyers work on an integrated basis on matters involving the full range of our clients' needs, such as mergers and acquisitions, bank regulation, capital markets, digital assets, fintech, economic sanctions and financial crime, commodities, futures and derivatives, consumer finance, and investigations and litigation. Our approach has been developed to provide the best client service and, specifically, to mitigate the risk of “blind spots” created by a more traditionally siloed practice.
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We serve a wide range of financial institutions of all sizes, including both U.S. and non-U.S. firms, fintech and other startups, and a number of financial services industry groups. Clients routinely cite as differentiating from other law firms our commitment to client service, our experience in financial services regulation and our ability to synthesize issues across multiple disciplines to find solutions, while staying attuned to commercial realities.
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Recent Client Highlights
- S&C Advises BNP Paribas on $16.3 Billion Sale of Bank of the West
- FT Recognizes S&C for Innovation for 'Delivering a Lifeline' to Venezuelan Health Workers
- S&C Advises FTX in Acquisition of Regulated Crypto Exchange LedgerX
- S&C Advises Columbia Banking System in $8.2 Billion Combination with Umpqua
- S&C Advises Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group in $8 Billion Sale of U.S. Core Regional Banking Franchise to U.S. Bancorp
- White House Issues Roadmap to Address Climate-Related Financial Risk
- Rodge Cohen Discusses Bank and Cryptocurrency Regulation on Bloomberg TV
- Rebecca Simmons Speaks at ISDA Legal Opinion Developments Conference
- Katy McArthur Speaks at Women on Wall Street Virtual Summit
- Community Bank Access to Innovation Through Partnerships: Federal Reserve Publishes Additional Guide for Community Banks
- Bank Due Diligence on Financial Technology Companies: Federal Reserve, FDIC and OCC Publish Guide for Community Banks
- SEC Sanctions Firms in Three Actions for Deficient Cybersecurity Controls: Actions Illustrate SEC's Heightened Focus on Cybersecurity Controls and Disclosure Controls and Procedures in the Cybersecurity Contex
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S&C's Banking Enforcement Actions Tracker
The Banking Enforcement Actions Tracker—or BEAT—is a web-based tool that aggregates and displays data pertaining to significant enforcement actions from January 1, 2008 to the present against banking organizations by the federal banking agencies and select other federal and state agencies.
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