Financial Services

Hodgson Russ’s record of service to the financial services industry spans nearly two centuries.  We represent domestic and foreign financial institutions, as well as mortgage lenders and servicers, credit card companies, insurance companies, securities firms, and other financial services institutions across the full spectrum of regulatory, transactional, enforcement, and litigation matters, including:

• Compliance, including risk management, regulatory examinations from state and federal agencies.
• Responding to regulatory inquiries.
• Actions before the U.S. Department of Justice, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and all federal and state regulatory agencies, federal bank regulators, and state attorneys general.
• Acquisitions and divestitures, including of lines of business and branches.
• Advising on responsibilities of directors and officers.
• Drafting charter and by-law amendments.
• Annual and special meetings of shareholders, including preparing proxy materials.
• Drafting stock option and other compensation plans for officers and employees.

Areas of Concentration 

Banking & Finance

Bankruptcy, Restructuring, and Commercial Litigation

Financial Services Subpoena Compliance

Bond Counsel

Hodgson Russ has been awarded a prestigious "Best Law Firms" Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking by Best Lawyers/U.S. News & World Report in the Banking and Finance Law category.

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