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Seward & Kissel’s Financial Institution Risk Management (“FIRM”) practice helps clients prepare for and address risk issues of all shapes and sizes. The FIRM practice leverages the expertise of a cross-disciplinary team, drawing from each of Seward & Kissel’s core competencies within Investment Management, Corporate, Tax, and Litigation & Investigations and includes attorneys that have previously served as prosecutors, regulators, and in-house counsel. 

FIRM offers clients a tailored and multi-dimensional approach for each and every risk scenario. We counsel clients through all stages of a client’s business, including pre-emptive risk mapping and planning, readiness and response to risk situations as they arise, and providing a comprehensive approach to addressing unique, complex, and existential threats.

We advise a wide array of clients dealing with risk issues, including asset managers, advisors, banks, broker-dealers, private equity and venture capital firms, family offices, and senior executives.  Our objective is to mitigate, contain, or prevent events from materializing altogether, in order to protect against regulatory, reputational, and litigation risks.  

 

Matters we advise on include issues pertaining to:

  • Compliance Infrastructure
  • Government Enforcement
  • Portfolio & Investment Risk
  • Crises Management
  • Governance and Member Disputes
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Corporate Malfeasance
  • Internal Investigations
  • Regulatory Examinations
  • Employee Misconduct
  • Investor and LP Disputes
  • Target and Transaction Diligence
  • Financial Crime Compliance
  • Litigation and Arbitrations
 

Our Cross-Discipline Team includes experts in:

  • Asset and Wealth Management
  • Investment Management
  • Real Estate
  • Block Chain and Cryptocurrency
  • Intellectual Property
  • Registered Funds
  • Broker-Dealers
  • Litigation & Investigations
  • Restructuring and Bankruptcy
  • Capital Markets
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Structured Finance
  • Derivatives
  • Maritime and Transportation
  • Taxation and Tax Controversy
  • Employment
  • Private Credit
  • Trust & Estates
  • Global Banking and Corporate Trust
  • Private Funds
  • Venture Capital