Carl A. Fornaris > Greenberg Traurig LLP > Miami, United States > Lawyer Profile
Greenberg Traurig LLP Offices
WELLS FARGO CENTER
333 SE 2ND AVENUE, SUITE 4400
MIAMI, FL 33131
FLORDIA
United States
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Carl A. Fornaris
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Shareholder
Career
Carl A. Fornaris is Co-Chair of the firm’s Financial Regulatory and Compliance Practice. With 26 years of legal experience, Carl advises a broad range of financial services firms – banks and their holding companies, money services businesses, investment advisers, securities broker-dealers, gaming firms, Fintechs, cryptocurrency firms, and other institutions – on all aspects of their business. These include licensing, capital-raising transactions, acquisitions and divestitures, USA PATRIOT Act/BSA/AML compliance and OFAC sanctions programs, cryptocurrency regulation, mobile money, and FinTech, federal and state agency enforcement proceedings, and Dodd-Frank Act compliance. Throughout his career, Carl has counseled clients in their dealings with the Federal Reserve, OCC, FDIC, FinCEN, SEC, FINRA, Florida Office of Financial Regulation, New York Department of Financial Services, and other state supervisory authorities.
Carl is also active in representing lenders and credit parties in financing transactions particularly credits to non-U.S. loan parties, asset-based credits, acquisition financing, and standby letters of credit.
Carl is a past General Counsel of the Florida International Bankers Association and sits on its Board of Directors. Previously, he served as Head of Legal and Compliance for the Latin America region of Barclays Bank PLC, with responsibility for managing legal and compliance matters throughout the region. Carl is an adjunct professor in the Business Law Department of the University of Miami Business School.
Concentrations
Banking and financial services law, regulation and compliance
Commercial lending, including credit facilities in Latin America
Anti-money laundering and OFAC compliance
Cuba Task Force
Blockchain Task Force
Capabilities
Financial Regulatory & Compliance
Banking & Financial Services
Corporate
Latin America Practice
Investment Management
GT COVID-19 Economic Stimulus Team
Admission to Practice
District of Columbia
Florida
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Languages
English
Spanish
Education
- J.D., The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, 1993
- B.S., University of Miami, 1990
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Real estate > Real estate
Firm Rankings
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Government > Government contracts
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)