William E Stern
USA Guide 2024
Band 4 : Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
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About
Provided by William E Stern
Practice Areas
William Stern is a partner in the firm's Financial Industry, Banking, Consumer Financial Services, and Fintech practices. William works on a variety of transactional and regulatory matters for Goodwin's financial services clients. William regularly advises depository institutions and their holding companies on compliance with regulatory requirements related to capital, affiliate and insider transactions, permissible activities and investments, anti-money laundering rules, trust department and asset management operations, and consumer protection. He provides regulatory advice related to merger and acquisition transactions undertaken by the firm's financial services clients as well as advising on change in control requirements related to investments in financial institutions. William also counsels the firm’s clients on compliance with federal and state privacy and data protection requirements.
Personal
JD, The George Washington University Law School, 1996 (with high honors); BA, Hamilton College, 1993 (summa cum laude)
Chambers Review
USA
William Stern is respected for his expertise in bank regulatory matters, offering broad capabilities in issues ranging from AML compliance to capital requirements. He has additional experience counseling financial institutions on privacy and data security concerns.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Bill is a really solid and complete regulatory lawyer, who gives very smart, practical solutions."
"He understands our issues and always seeks to find commercially viable solutions."
"Bill is a really solid and complete regulatory lawyer, who gives very smart, practical solutions."
"He understands our issues and always seeks to find commercially viable solutions."