Michelle Chen is a partner in the Firm’s Financial Services Group, with a broad regulatory and transactional practice. She advises financial institutions on a wide range of U.S. bank regulatory matters, including permissible activities, investments, resolution planning, charters, preemption, fair access, and regulation of non-U.S. banking organizations in the United States. She also advises financial institutions and trade associations on climate and other sustainability issues, focusing on disclosure and regulatory matters. Ms. Chen's transactional practice primarily focuses on advising U.S. and non-U.S. banking organizations on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and strategic investments. Ms. Chen regularly represents clients before bank regulatory agencies, including the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
In addition, Ms. Chen is active in the Firm’s investment management practice, with a primary focus on advising business development companies in connection with Investment Company Act matters, as well as capital raising and strategic transactions.
Ms. Chen has been recognized in The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America (2025, 2024) for her expertise in Banking and Finance Law, Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation (2025, 2024, 2023), by Women in Financial Markets as a Rise Award Winner (2025), as a Rising Star in Banking by Law360 (2022) and as a DC Rising Star in The National Law Journal (2022). She was also named a Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow for 2023.
Ms. Chen frequently contributes to thought leadership in the banking and sustainability space. She is a member of Law360’s Banking Editorial Advisory Board (since 2023), and the author of LexisNexis’ U.S. Bank M&A Practice Guide.
