Financial Services

Our financial services corporate and transactional lawyers are grounded in the issues that financial institutions face worldwide and offer extensive experience assisting financial services firms with their corporate and transactional needs. From the formation of a new subsidiary or joint venture to the completion of a significant merger or acquisition, we are capable of handling transactions exceptionally and efficiently.

Our financial services litigators have a distinguished reputation for handling complex litigation involving consumer claims against financial institutions and for representing clients in government and internal investigations. We have defended financial services clients against claims brought under myriad consumer-protection statutes governing consumer transactions. We leverage our reputation as a trial lawyers’ firm to help clients overcome bet-the-company litigation, resolve day-to-day business matters, and prepare for future threats.

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We have a broad and established regulatory, compliance, and enforcement practice. We advise a wide range of financial services clients on federal and state supervisory examinations and in developing and implementing corrective action and remediation responses for numerous agencies, including, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Reserve Board (FRB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Treasury/ Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (NJDOBI), and Florida Office of Financial Regulation (FOFR).

Our insurance lawyers provide insurance companies with best-in-class advice, corporate and transactional counsel, and, if need be, litigation defense in high-stakes coverage disputes and class actions. We have achieved excellent outcomes for our clients in matters involving a wide variety of insurance policies and claims, including cybersecurity, travel, long-term care, and annuities, among others. Moreover, we have experience in emerging issues and industries, such as blockchain technology and artificial intelligence, both of which present insurers with a unique and complicated set of risks and opportunities.

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Winston’s financial crimes compliance lawyers have been providing Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), anti-money laundering (AML), and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) regulatory compliance counseling and enforcement-related services for decades. We also have experience with international AML matters including in the EU and with respect to Financial Actions Task Force (FATF) recommendations.

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