Morrison & Foerster has a long and distinguished history of representing financial institutions, extending back more than
half a century and including representation of scores of major institutions both in the U.S. and internationally.
The firm represents banks, bank holding companies, insurance companies, investment companies, broker-dealers, leasing companies
and mortgage banking companies. Morrison & Foerster counts many major financial institutions as clients, including Bank of
America, Capital One, The Hartford, JP Morgan Chase, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Providian Financial, Societe
Generale, Travelers Insurance, Visa International and Wells Fargo.
The firm represents issuers, underwriters, sponsors, lenders, and borrowers and related parties, including directors, venture
capitalists, lessees, and insured parties in connection with a full array of financial products and services.
The firm has counseled financial institutions on a wide range of matters, including the design of financial products; compliance
with all major laws and regulations governing financial institutions (including the 1933 and 1934 Acts, the Investment Company
Act of 1940, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and ERISA); compliance with non-governmental
regulatory bodies such as NASD; federal and state consumer and disclosure laws, including Regulation Z, Regulation B, and
RESPA; mergers and acquisitions; acquisitions and dispositions of pools of financial instruments; joint ventures; secondary
mortgage market activities; collateralization issues; government take-out and guarantee programs; tax matters (including cross-border
issues); licensing requirements; and Bankruptcy Code issues.
