BANKING & FINANCE

We have extensive experience representing a broad cross-section of financial institutions, governmental entities, trustees, and judgment creditors. Our clients have included banks, savings and loans, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Resolution Trust Corporation, the Resolution and Collection Corporation of Japan, the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan, various Japanese banks and financial institutions, bankruptcy trustees in personal and commercial bankruptcies in the U.S. and Japan, and business entities. We also have substantial experience in representing creditors in many diverse types of commercial and civil litigation, transactions, and negotiations.

Some of the services we provide to clients in this industry include:

Banking & Finance

• Regulatory compliance including Truth in Lending, Fair Debt Collection Practices, Equal Credit Opportunity, usury, and other lending related laws and regulations.
• Depositors’ rights
• Lender liability issues
• Fraudulent Transfers/conveyances, claims under the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (UFTA)

Labor & Employment

• Employment litigation including wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims
• Compensation and benefits
• Handbooks, personnel policies, employment contracts, independent contractor agreements
• Restructuring including reductions in force, job restructuring and employment issues in acquisitions, mergers, sales
• Proprietary rights and non-compete agreements
• Workplace privacy

Litigation

• Collections
• Foreclosures
• Bankruptcy