Banks and other financial institutions are facing increased scrutiny of their activities and many government restrictions. Faegre Baker Daniels helps financial entities navigate state and federal laws regulating their activities and develop procedures for compliance. Our transactional lawyers and litigators collaborate to comprehensively address the needs of a variety of financial institutions.

Banks and Trust Companies

We counsel on federal and state banking laws to assist clients with:

• Securing approval for interstate and intrastate mergers and acquisitions
• Purchase and assumption agreements
• Obtaining federal deposit insurance coverage
• Developing new financial products and services
• Examinations by regulatory agencies
• Enforcement matters 

Other Financial Services Providers

We assist hedge funds, mortgage bankers and other financial services providers with creating new products, lending, licensing and origination, secondary market sales, securitizations, foreclosures and litigation. We also counsel nontraditional providers of financial services engaged in specialty lending, payment systems, mobile payments, stored-value systems, consumer lending, and ATM and debit networks. Our professionals ensure that such financial institutions act within regulations so they can conduct business uninterrupted. 

During examinations and enforcement actions and hearings, we represent clients before the Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Office of Thrift Supervision and state regulators.