A Full Scope of Services
For decades, the banking and finance industry has trusted our attorneys as a go-to source for a holistic suite of legal services. We’ve earned this trust by delivering top-shelf advice through an efficient and nimble team that anticipates and quickly adapts to our clients’ specific needs. It’s a formula that works, as BTI Consulting Group, a well-respected judge of client satisfaction, has ranked us among the top 18 law firms with “the strongest client relationships in Financial Services.”
19
of the Federal Reserve's top 25 commercial banks are our clients
10
of Bankrate Inc.'s Top 10 U.S. Banks are represented by Buchanan
10+
Years of Average Bank
Client Retention Rate
We Offer Banking and Finance Industry Clients…
- Transactional experience and a deep understanding of the wide range of legal issues facing the financial services industry.
- Sophisticated commercial lending deals fueled by our solid understanding of the financial markets and their life cycles.
- Easy access to a strong roster of attorneys with intimate knowledge of the industries in which our clients’ customers operate, including energy and manufacturing, healthcare, life sciences, security alarm (and other recurring revenue businesses) and commercial real estate.
- A robust team of banking and finance attorneys who have resolved disputes in federal and state trial courts, in appellate courts at every level, and in arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. We can help you with lender liability claims, bankruptcy litigation, consumer litigation and compliance under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), trust and estates litigation and more.
- High profile and complex litigation experience, including ground-breaking class action litigation in federal courts.
- Bankruptcy practitioners and litigators who have handled sophisticated and sensitive bankruptcy matters involving high-consequence decisions and a high degree of financial risk.
- Government relations professionals who have strong relationships with local, state and national lawmakers and regulators, so we can smoothly negotiate, advocate and resolve issues for our clients.
- Information security wherewithal built from within the banking industry to help prevent and respond to large-scale data breaches.
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Finance Clients We Serve
Banks
- Regional banks
- Community banks
- Super-regional banks
- Global banks
Financial Services
- Unregulated lenders
- Non-traditional lenders
- Private equity groups
- Small business investment companies
- Insurance companies
- Thrift institutions
- Asset and loan servicers
- Mutual-fund companies
- Mortgage companies
- Special-purpose funds
- Municipal authorities
Financial Technology
- Payment processors and transaction companies
- Credit card companies
- Cryptocurrencies
Banking and Finance Services We Offer
- Commercial lending, real estate lending, specialty lending
- Structuring, documenting and closing innovative finance transactions
- Commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), purchases, liquidations, entity formation and dissolution, bankruptcy, joint ventures, hedging transactions
- Complex lender liability litigation, including claims under federal statutes and distressed asset relief programs
- Purchase and sale of bank branches and loan portfolios including due diligence, automated transfers, and real estate sale/lease back arrangements.
- Government relations lobbying, legislative and regulatory strategy, and advocacy at the local, state and federal levels
- Representation before U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), state attorney generals, and other federal and state regulatory agencies
- Government investigations, indictments and criminal proceedings
- Civil complaints resulting from government investigations and treasury management services
- Regulatory counsel, compliance negotiation and advocacy
- Structuring and negotiating business relationships with technology products and services
- Cybersecurity breach counsel, including proactive and reactive cyberattack services