Financial Services

Strategic and commercial legal counsel with a deep understanding of the broad market realities and specific industry dynamics that financial institutions face

Banks, financial institutions, and alternative lenders face a constantly evolving landscape, requiring legal advice from professionals who understand and help them harness the broadest array of financial strategies available at a global scale.

For decades, Reed Smith has been a leading legal advisor to financial institutions on their most important and complex transactions, as well as counseling them on complex regulatory issues.  

Our financial services legal team is global, with talented and experienced lawyers and an expanding presence in critical financial hubs, including all major U.S. markets, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Middle East, and Frankfurt. Focused on providing clients with seamless, cross-border advice, we excel in client service, giving commercially strategic advice, and getting the results our clients deserve.

Acting as lead counsel on billions of dollars’ worth of transactions worldwide, our team draws on the knowledge of Reed Smith’s multiple industry sectors, including real estate, technology, investment management and funds, manufacturing, health care, and energy, and regularly collaborates with our regulatory, litigation, and restructuring teams to find solutions for your legal requirements.

Whether it’s arranging a real estate or corporate finance deal; advising a large financial institution on syndicated transactions or collateral security packages; or working on cutting-edge NAV loans and other funds finance transactions, our attorneys offer experience-backed, strategic counsel. We are also well known for our advice on investigations, internal reviews, and regulatory matters.

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