Barbara Meeks

Practice Areas

Bank Regulatory & Fintech

Compliance, Controls & Risk Management

Consumer Regulation

Data Security & Privacy

Financial Regulatory Advice & Response

LIBOR

Litigation, Regulatory & White Collar

Project & Equipment Finance

Real Estate Finance

Regulatory Supervision & Response

Resolution Planning & Stress Testing

Swaps, Derivatives & Structured Products

Syndicated Lending

Career

Barbara Meeks combines nearly 20 years of experience as a leader in house at Wells Fargo with her extensive knowledge of financial institutions and public companies to advise on a broad range of regulatory, compliance, governance, risk management, investigative, and transactional matters. Her practice addresses complex legal challenges, including responding to enterprise critical regulatory mandates and directives.

Barbara provides practical and collaborative legal advice to a range of globally systemic, regional, and community banks, as well as fintech, treasury management, payments, insurance and brokerage companies. She has expertise regarding Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR), living will requirements, interest rate transition, Bank Secrecy Act, financial reporting, broker-dealer and insurance licensing matters. Barbara previously held numerous leadership positions at Wachovia Corporation and Wells Fargo & Company, where in her last position she led the Global Commercial Banking Section, providing regulatory and legal support to the company’s broad platform of banking, insurance and brokerage activities, both domestically and internationally.

While advising financial institutions on complex legal issues and crisis management, Barbara continues to serve the community, including as a trustee on the board for the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, serving as chair of the Development Committee and Blumenthal Business Leaders for the Arts. She previously served as a board member for the Davidson-Cornelius Child Development Center.

Recognized as a leader in developing diverse talent, Barbara was President of the Wells Fargo Enterprise Women’s Team Member Network with over 35,000 members, providing professional, community, and business development opportunities for team members and customers.