Troutman Pepper Locke LLP regularly deals with traditional regulatory and state and federal enforcement matters, alongside advising banking companies on newer areas of regulation such as cybersecurity regulation. The practice leans upon its corporate team forte, reflected in the advice on bank acquisitions, acquisitions of control, corporate governance, and commercial loan transactions, Christopher Willis, Thomas G. Yoxall, Kristopher P. Henman, P. Russell Perdew and James Stevens are key lawyers on the banking regulation side, based in Atlanta, Atlanta, Washington DC., Chicago and Dallas respectively. The firm’s bank regulatory practice continues to expand in breadth, providing counsel to a broad range of clients in the financial services sector, including banks, bank holding companies, fintech companies, payments providers, and consumer and commercial lenders. Within this investment structuring, spanning across both consumer finance and banking, is a significant area of activity. Mark J. Furletti in Philadelphia is also proficient in a range of lending and payments laws.
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Key clients

  • Simmons First National Corporation
  • Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation
  • Carter Bank & Trust
  • Georgia Banking Company
  • Fieldpoint Private Bank & Trust
  • Western Alliance Bancorporation/ Western Alliance Bank
  • Pathward Financial, Inc.
  • Starion Bank
  • VyStar Credit Union
  • Old Republic Insurance Company
  • First Century Bank
  • First Electronic Bank

Lawyers

Leading partners

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Practice head

James Stevens; Christopher Willis; Kristopher P. Henman; P. Russell Perdew; Thomas G. Yoxall

Other key lawyers

Gregory Parisi; Susan Stoops Ancarrow; Mark J. Furletti