Bradley’s Banking team counsels financial institutions of all sizes on their unique and particularly complex legal needs, whether these pertain to litigation, regulations and compliance, or other corporate matters. Representing a broad range of banks and credit unions across the U.S., we provide experienced, proactive guidance on a broad spectrum of legal issues, including:
- Every aspect of operations, from transactional and corporate issues to lending, compliance, and working with government programs
- State and federal regulatory compliance matters
- All aspects of capital market activities
- Corporate governance
- Third-party risk management and negotiation of vendor contracts
- Privacy and cyber-security requirements as well as appropriate compliance and litigation responses to fraudulent transfers arising from customer security breaches
- Chartering and formation of new de novo banks
- Public and private methods to raise capital, such as bank note offerings and regulatory capital
- Acquisition and sale of financial institutions, with one of the country's most active M&A practices for banking and financial services
- Tax credits, particularly Low Income Housing Tax Credits, New Market Tax Credits, and Tax Increment Financing
- Lending, with particular emphasis on healthcare and mortgage warehouse matters
- Sale and purchase of distressed debt
- Identifying and managing environmental risks related to lending as well as branch acquisitions and sale
