Financial Services & Investments

At the intersection of sophisticated financial services practices and innovative technology, Perkins Coie lawyers offer unique perspective on the complex regulatory, business, and legal requirements facing financial services companies.

Overview

Perkins Coie attorneys have long served financial services companies as counsel to an array of business lines including corporate trust, asset management, private equity, venture financing, mergers and acquisitions, banking, trading and markets, fintech, and capital markets.

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Building on these core strengths, our deep experience in technology-related practices allows us to bring value-added depth in areas such as privacy and data security, artificial intelligence (AI), social media, mobile apps, cloud computing, machine learning, and other emerging technologies.

Areas of our counsel include:

Discussion with Eric F. Grossman, Chief Legal Officer, Morgan Stanley

Partners Lee S. Richards III and David B. Massey are joined by Eric F. Grossman, the Chief Legal Officer of Morgan Stanley, for an in-depth discussion of hot topics.

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Our white collar attorneys excel in the representation of financial services clients and their employees, routinely handling complex internal investigations and matters involving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Financial Institution Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and other regulatory agencies.

As advisors to innovators, Perkins Coie attorneys are ideally positioned to assist financial companies as their boundaries with technology continue to overlap. Our integrated, multidisciplinary practice includes attorneys with a deep understanding of how technologies such as distributed ledger, blockchain, and digital currencies are being deployed and changing the financial services sector. In this capacity, we frequently advise fintech, e-commerce, and digital business clients on federal and state regulatory, compliance and enforcement matters, and on complex bank regulatory issues.

As part of our leading corporate trust practice, Perkins Coie attorneys represent corporate trust companies and departments of major banking institutions in a wide range of capital markets transactions including corporate and municipal debt issuances, project finance, structured finance, loan facilities, secured and asset-backed lending, custodial arrangements and various types of agency appointments. Our representation of these clients extends to matters relating to bond and loan default scenarios, novel workout issues, Chapter 11 and 7 bankruptcy proceedings, and commercial litigation, as well as risk mitigation strategies.

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