Margaret Tahyar
Global Guide 2024
Band 1 : Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory
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Provided by Margaret Tahyar
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Meg is head of Davis Polk’s Financial Institutions practice and a member of Davis Polk’s Fintech team. She provides strategic bank and financial regulatory advice to many of the largest U.S. and non-U.S. financial institutions, regional banks, fintechs, cryptocurrency exchanges and other digital assets companies.
In 2023, she led teams representing the Signature and Silicon Valley bridge banks and advised JPMorgan on its acquisition of First Republic. This work built on years of representing more than two dozen clients on living wills.
She has been involved in several regional bank combinations. She also advises on corporate governance, consent order remediation, bank chartering, payment systems, fintech partnerships, bank powers and activities, cryptocurrencies, digital assets, securities disclosure, capital and liquidity and the Federal Reserve’s liquidity programs.
Meg is a member of the FDIC’s Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee.
Chambers Review
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Margaret Tahyar comes equipped with extensive legal acumen in financial regulatory matters. She regularly advises domestic and international banks, as well as fintech companies, on cutting-edge compliance issues.
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"Margaret Tahyar is a go-to for bank regulatory questions. She's outstanding. She is very responsive and has good business judgment. She gives great insights on the industry and broader developments too."
"She writes and speaks on a wide range of topics, which is impressive. She's very cutting-edge and is able to speak intelligently with people in the traditional banking, crypto and fintech space."
"Margaret Tahyar is a go-to for bank regulatory questions. She's outstanding. She is very responsive and has good business judgment. She gives great insights on the industry and broader developments too."
"She writes and speaks on a wide range of topics, which is impressive. She's very cutting-edge and is able to speak intelligently with people in the traditional banking, crypto and fintech space."
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