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Financial Services
The global economic climate, increased competition, growing litigation trends and sweeping regulatory reform have created one of the most challenging markets in memory for financial services companies. To navigate these challenges, companies across the full spectrum of financial services rely on Waller Lansden for counsel in regulatory matters, litigation, strategic acquisitions, financial transactions, and day-to-day operations. Waller Lansden is a trusted advisor to commercial and investment banks, holding companies, trust companies, credit unions, securities firms, broker-dealers, investment advisers, specialty lenders, electronic payment and financial technology companies, as well as outside directors, institutional trustees and other fiduciaries in the financial services sector.
To serve our clients cost-effectively and efficiently, Waller Lansden has assembled a multidisciplinary team of attorneys whose practices focus on the different challenges facing the financial services industry, including:
Regulation, Transactions and Finance
- Regulatory compliance and enforcement
- Governance and board counseling
- Internal and governmental investigations and examinations
- SEC reporting and compliance
- TARP/CPP compliance
- Initial and follow-on stock offerings
- Rights offerings
- Trust preferred offerings
- Mergers and acquisitions
Financial Services Litigation
- Commercial civil litigation, including class actions
- Shareholder derivative litigation
- Fiduciary defense and ERISA litigation
- Securities fraud defense
- Probate, trust and estate litigation
Commercial Finance
- Senior secured credit facilities
- Subordinated debt and mezzanine financings
- Asset-based loans
- DIP financing
- Debt, securities, high yield notes and capital market offerings
- Bond and public finance transactions
Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy
- Representation of secured lenders in Chapter 11 bankruptcy matters
- Indenture trustee and bondholder representation in bond defaults
- Secured lender representation in loan defaults and workouts
- Representation of distressed asset purchasers
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