The Banking Group of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has revised the name and expanded the scope of its blog, now titled “The Debevoise FinReg and FinTech Blog.” The revamped client tool will cover a broader range of regulatory topics impacting the financial sector, particularly in the wake of the recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank.

The blog will continue to cover the fintech and digital assets regulatory landscape, and will also cover financial regulatory and supervisory developments relating to bank resolution, capital and liquidity, tailoring, governance, financial stability, mergers and acquisitions, enforcement, AML/sanctions, compliance, consumer banking and more.

The goal of the blog remains to help financial institutions sift through the complex legal landscape and keep abreast of important regulatory developments.

Ranked among the leading practices in the United States, the Debevoise Banking Group advises banks and other financial institutions on the gamut of regulatory, litigation and transactional matters. As banking industry regulation has proliferated in the wake of the financial crisis, the Debevoise Banking Group has grown to more than 20 lawyers with experience that spans the landscape of regulatory regimes and agencies. The practice advises financial industry clients on mergers and acquisitions, U.S. and international regulatory and compliance issues, enforcement matters, capital markets activities, new product development, ESG, digital assets and cryptocurrency-related activities.

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Satish Kini is a corporate partner. He is Co-Chair of Debevoise’s National Security practice, the Chair of the Banking Group and a member of the Financial Institutions Group. He can be reached at smkini@debevoise.com.

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Gregory Lyons is a corporate partner and Co-Chair of Debevoise’s Financial Institutions Group. Mr. Lyons is also Chair of the New York City Bar Association Committee on Banking Law. He can be reached at gjlyons@debevoise.com.

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Jeffrey L. Robins is a corporate partner and a member of Debevoise’s Banking Group. He can be reached at jlrobins@debevoise.com.

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Caroline Swett is a partner and a member of Debevoise’s Financial Institutions and Banking Groups. She can be reached at cnswett@debevoise.com.

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Robert Dura is a corporate counsel and a member of Debevoise’s Financial Institutions Group. He can be reached at rdura@debevoise.com.

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Alison M. Hashmall is a counsel in the firm’s New York office and a member of Debevoise's Banking Group. Ms. Hashmall’s practice focuses on advising domestic and non-U.S. banking organizations and other financial institutions on a wide range of bank regulatory, policy, and transactional matters and cryptocurrency-related issues. She can be reached at ahashmall@debevoise.com.

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Emilie Hsu is a member of the Corporate Department and focuses her practice on derivatives and structured finance transactions. She can be reached at ehsu@debevoise.com.

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Gary Murphy is a counsel and a member of the firm’s Blockchain, Hedge Fund and Derivatives Practice Groups. He can be reached at gemurphy@debevoise.com.

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Aseel Rabie is a corporate counsel and a member of Debevoise’s Banking Group. She can be reached at arabie@debevoise.com.

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Chen Xu is a counsel of the Banking Group and is resident in the New York office. His practice focuses on advising banking clients on a wide range of bank regulatory, policy and transactional matters and cryptocurrency-related issues, including in the areas of regulatory capital, liquidity and stress testing. Mr. Xu is recognized as an “associate to watch” by Chambers USA (2021), where clients say that he is “a tremendous resource” who is “just exceptional at working through the real technical nuances of capital rules and the other quantitative aspects of technical regulations.” Mr. Xu received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2013 and his B.A. from University of California, Berkeley in 2010. He can be reached at cxu@debevoise.com