Widely acknowledged as one of the nation's premier financial services practices, the Arnold & Porter LLP team of over 30 lawyers provides US and international financial institution clients with comprehensive regulatory, litigation, and transactional services. The practice group handles complex regulatory and transactional issues and litigates cases involving the financial services industry at the administrative level and in the state and federal courts, including the US Supreme Court.
The practice group is recognized for developing innovative structures and novel solutions to regulatory issues, which allow clients to optimize their business strategy. Clients include a broad cross-section of bank holding companies, thrift institutions, foreign banks, insurance companies, securities firms, investment managers, electronic commerce businesses, and foreign governments.
Located primarily in Washington, DC and New York, the practice group offers extensive experience in dealing with financial institutions and securities regulatory agencies, both federal and state. Several members of the practice group have served in senior positions at the key federal regulatory agencies. The team is supported by the full interdisciplinary resources of Arnold & Porter, including the corporate and securities, antitrust, tax, ERISA, trusts, environmental, and intellectual property practice groups.