Encompassing both banking and consumer finance regulatory expertise, Morrison Foerster's financial services regulation team houses lawyers specializing in consumer financial protection issues and licensing matters, as well as experts in compliance. One such compliance expert is Marc-Alain Galeazzi who focuses on AML sanctions and OFAC compliance, and one such consumer finance expert is practice head Jeremy Mandell in Washington DC, who concentrates on consumer financial products. This features as part of a wider group focus on payment systems issues, CFPB issues, consumer regulations, and payment systems architecture. Enforcement matters also feature strongly in this arm of the practice. The banking arm of the practice has longstanding experience in prudential supervision, governance, and both retail and institutional banking matters. Within this arm of the practice, the group also leverages the experience of Matthew Bornfreund, who joined from Troutman Pepper Locke LLP in June 2025 and is formerly an attorney in the Federal Reserve Board, to assist with Federal Reserve regulations in lending and acquisition transactions. New York-based Evan Minsberg's practice places a particular focus on money transmission, licensing, and loan broker issues. The wider financial services team leans into expertise in the fintech industry, a sphere of expertise for New York-based Jeffrey Silberman, and in particular digital transformation regulation in fintech.
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- Marc-Alain Galeazzi is the most effective outside counsel we have ever worked with — and we do not say this lightly. Four qualities set him apart, and rarely do they come together in one lawyer. First, he is genuinely available around the clock on every channel, and the speed of his response is almost startling. Second, he distills the most intricate, multi-jurisdictional regulatory questions into clear, plain-language guidance that we can act on immediately — no hedging, no ambiguity, no twenty-page memo where two paragraphs will do. Third, he is swift without ever being superficial; the analysis behind the simplicity is always rigorous. And fourth — most importantly — he never stops at the analysis. He drives every matter toward the outcome we actually need, removing complexity rather than parading it, and proposing concrete, defensible paths forward when others would only outline risks. His pragmatism, deep industry knowledge, and instinct for the commercial reality behind regulatory questions make him the first person we call on anything that matters. His team mirrors these qualities — responsive, technically excellent, approachable, and unfailingly solution-oriented. Marc-Alain is, without exaggeration, our most trusted advisor and the standard by which we judge every other lawyer we work with.
- Morrison Foerster's Financial Services Regulation practice has redefined what we expect from outside counsel. What distinguishes the team is not just the depth of its regulatory expertise across US and cross-border matters, but the way that expertise is delivered: with genuine 24/7 availability on every channel, with crystal-clear communication, and with a relentless focus on moving us to a workable outcome rather than merely mapping out the issues. The team functions as a true extension of our in-house function; they anticipate, they coordinate seamlessly across jurisdictions, and they bring exactly the right specialist into the room. In our experience, no question goes unanswered, no deadline is missed, and every recommendation is commercially grounded. They are now, quite simply, the benchmark against which we measure all others.
Key clients
- American Bankers Association (ABA)
- Affirm
- Experian
- Elevate Credit
- Neon Money
- Ntropy
- MPower Financing
- Ocrolus
- Visa
- New Omni Bank
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Practice head
Jeremy Mandell; Jeffrey Silberman
Other key lawyers
Evan Minsberg; Matthew Bornfreund; Alexandra Steinberg Barrage; Marc-Alain Galeazzi; Maria Earley