Grant Butler

Grant advises clients on regulatory compliance under the Dodd-Frank Act, the Bank Holding Company Act, and related federal and state financial services regulatory frameworks. His experience includes advising financial institutions on permissible activities, strategic initiatives, new product development, regulatory examination and enforcement matters, domestic and cross-border investments, regulatory capital and liquidity requirements, fiduciary activities, digital asset activities, and the use of artificial intelligence. 

He represents banks and non-banks on a variety of strategic transactions including bank mergers, the formation of multi-bank holding companies, non-bank acquisitions of financial institutions, and asset transactions. Grant has recently represented clients in the de novo formation of non-depository trust companies, conversion to a national trust bank charter, and non-bank organizations becoming bank holding companies. He also counsels clients on corporate governance, risk management, chartering and licensing strategies, and financial institution formation and reorganization matters.

Grant previously served as chief legal officer of a fintech company focused on student loan origination and portfolio management. In that role, he led the company's legal, compliance, enterprise risk management, information security, and internal audit functions, and played a key role in major strategic initiatives, including bank partnerships, portfolio management programs, and the sale of a payments subsidiary. He has also served as in-house regulatory counsel to a global, systemically important bank.

Grant serves as chair of the Banking Law Subcommittee of the Boston Bar Association and is a member of its Financial Services Steering Committee. He is a frequent speaker and author on topics including bank-fintech partnerships, digital assets, cryptocurrency regulation, and financial institution M&A.