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Reputation is a treasured asset for financial services organizations — which is why the industry's global, regional, mid-sized and community banks, broker-dealers, and specialty finance and Fintech firms trust Arnold & Porter to support their businesses. Our widely recognized Financial Services team combines renowned regulatory, litigation, and transactional capabilities with pragmatic problem-solving and results-driven determination to optimize our clients' options. We develop innovative structures and novel solutions to regulatory issues that allow clients to optimize their business strategy. To date, these efforts have led to favorable changes to agency rules and novel legal interpretations that have enabled our clients to offer new products and services, structure operations, and expand the scope of their operations in an efficient manner, consistent with their business objectives.

  • Lauded Litigation Skills: Our extensive experience with all phases of financial institution criminal and civil litigation and enforcement actions, arbitrations, and contested regulatory proceedings covers the full range of subject matters.

  • Renowned Regulatory Results: Our solutions to complex issues arising under relevant statutes, regulations, and regulatory guidance help sector stakeholders offer new products and services, structure operations, and expand the scope of their operations.

  • Top Transactional Talent: Our team’s work on deals for sector-specific financial institutions is valued at over $100 billion and puts us on the cutting edge of developing new or refined M&A, capital raising, and finance (syndicated, real estate, workout) transaction structures.

70+: Lawyers providing financial institution clients with comprehensive regulatory, litigation, legislative, and transactional services.
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Countless Connections: We have deep experience and familiarity with the views and expectations of the financial regulators.
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  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  • Federal Insurance Office
  • Federal Reserve Board
  • FINRA
  • Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
  • Securities and Exchange Commission
  • California Department of Business Oversight
  • Florida Office of Financial Regulation
  • New York State Department of Financial Services
  • State insurance regulatory authorities

News & Perspectives

Media Mention

David Freeman Comments on Executive Action and Regulatory Reform in Lexology Pro
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Advisory

An Introduction to Stablecoins
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Enforcement Edge: Shining Light on Government Enforcement

FinCEN Initiates Exchange Series to Counter Iranian “Shadow Banking” System
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Advisory

Federal Banking Agencies Clarify Approach to Bank-Permissible Crypto-Asset Activities
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Media Mention

American Banker Speaks With Meredith Osborn on CFPB Redress Delays
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Advisory

The (Likely) New Banking Regulators in Their Own Words
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Presentation

Post-Election Landscape for the Banking Industry
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Recognition

  • Chambers USA
    Financial Services Regulation: Banking—Enforcement & Investigations (Nationwide) (2022-2024)
    Financial Services Regulation: Banking—Compliance (Nationwide) (2022-2024)
  • Chambers Latin America
    Banking & Finance (2020)
  • The Legal 500 US
    Fintech (2024)
    Financial Services Litigation (2024)
    Financial Services Regulation: Banking (2024)
    Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealers (2024)
  • Chambers FinTech
    FinTech Legal (USA) (2025)
  • The Legal 500 Latin America
    Banking & Finance (2024)
  • IFLR1000
    Banking (USA) (2024)
    Financial Services Regulatory (USA) (2024)
    Project Finance (USA) (2024)
    Restructuring & Insolvency (USA) (2024)
    Restructuring & Insolvency (UK) (2023)
  • Chambers Global
    Banking & Finance (International Firms) – Brazil (2025)
    Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory – USA (2025)
  • U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers
    "Best Law Firms" for Insurance (San Francisco) (2022)
    "Best Law Firms" for Financial Services Regulation (National, DC) (2022)
    "Best Law Firms" for Banking & Finance (National, DC) (2022)
    "Best Law Firms" for Insurance Litigation (Colorado) (2022)
    "Best Law Firms" for Banking & Finance Litigation (National, San Francisco) (2017)
  • Law360
    MVP for Banking Law (2015)
    Banking Practice Group of the Year (2014)