Banks, other credit providers, and borrowers in the US are constantly seeking innovative ways to meet the changing credit needs of financial institutions and businesses, domestic and international, promoting a constantly evolving constellation of traditional and specialty financing options, while making sure those arrangements meet the ever-changing laws that govern US banking and finance. Dentons has in-depth knowledge and experience helping national, state and community banks; bank holding companies; subsidiary banks; accounting firms; non-bank credit institutions; and their respective customers structure and document credit facilities, develop credit instruments, close transactions, and navigate the legal and regulatory environment applicable to them and the credit facilities and transactions they originate.

Whether you are a large commercial or investment bank, a middle-market credit provider, a non-traditional lender, or a customer of one of the above; whether the financing instrument is a traditional or specialty credit facility, our team has the transactional experience, market knowledge and geographic reach to assist you in achieving your goals while meeting regulatory requirements and regulators’ expectations.

Acting as either lender's or borrower's counsel, we regularly advise clients across a wide range of industries and markets on a broad spectrum of issues in both domestic and cross-border transactions.

Key service areas

• Acquisition finance
• Anti-boycott regulation and compliance
• Anti-money laundering regulation and compliance
• Asset-based lending
• Aviation finance
• Bank charters and licenses
• Bank examinations, supervision, compliance and enforcement
• Bank insolvencies and receiverships
• Bank investments
• Bank and bank holding company regulation and compliance
• Bank trust and fiduciary regulation and compliance
• Bilateral and multilateral government agency finance and guarantees
• Bilateral and multilateral lending
• Broker-dealer regulation and compliance
• Capital adequacy and Basel III
• Commercial and corporate lending
• Commodity finance
• Community reinvestment and development lending
• Consumer banking regulation
• Corporation law
• Correspondent banking
• Counterterrorism
• Domestic and international funds transfers
• Documentary credits
• Dodd-Frank financial reform
• Electronic funds and wire transfers
• Energy finance
• Equipment leasing and finance
• Fund finance
• Healthcare finance
• High-value transactions
• Hotel financing
• Islamic finance
• Lending and depository functions
• Leveraged finance
• Media and entertainment finance
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Mortgage finance
• Payment, clearing and settlement systems
• Project finance
• Public finance
• Real estate finance
• Retail and consumer finance
• Risk management and governance
• Securities repurchase
• Ship, maritime and marine finance
• Sovereign debt
• Structured finance
• Syndicated lending
• Taxable and tax-exempt loan transactions
• Trade and commodity finance
• Trade finance regulation
• Tribal finance
• Warehouse lending

Recognition

Chambers FinTech 2021 ranks Arno Voerman, Jesús Mardomingo and Tracy Molino among top FinTech lawyers

December 11, 2020

Dentons partners Arno Voerman and Jesús Mardomingo were ranked among Europe’s leading FinTech lawyers in the 2021 edition of Chambers FinTech. In addition, Dentons received practice rankings in five jurisdictions.

Dentons' role in Seven Energy's restructuring recognised at IFLR Sub-Saharan Africa Awards 2020

September 21, 2020

Dentons' role in Seven Energy's debt restructuring and acquisition by Savannah Petroleum was recognised at the inaugural IFLR Sub-Saharan Africa Awards 2020. The acquisition and restructuring of Nigerian gas producer Seven Energy by UK-listed oil and gas company Savannah Petroleum in 2019 was awarded Deal of the Year at the awards.

Dentons pair selected for Leadership Council on Legal Diversity initiatives focused on enhancing diverse leadership in the legal industry

March 15, 2019

Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announced today that lawyers Shannon Baxter and Shelby Sklar were selected to participate in programs organized by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD). The LCLD, through its Fellows and Pathfinder Programs, teaches career development, leadership and relationship building skills that prepare lawyers from diverse backgrounds and levels of professional experience for leadership positions, to foster diversity and inclusion within the legal industry.

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Insights

Global Financial Markets Regulatory Review - June 2023 Edition

June 2023

Global: Dentons is pleased to present the June 2023 edition of the Global Financial Markets Regulatory Review. The report combines insights from Dentons lawyers with extensive financial markets experience located in major global financial centers. The reports for each country include links to further information and contact information for Dentons professionals.

US, EU and UK sanctions against Russia: The latest on implications for Kazakhstan

April 26, 2023

Kazakhstan, EU, USA, UK: International sanctions and export controls of the US, EU, UK and other jurisdictions, although generally not directly binding on Kazakhstan companies, nevertheless can have a strong impact on their business. This results from implications for banking and insurance, sanctions compliance clauses, supply chain and logistics issues, the risk of secondary sanctions and other reasons. 

Banking Sector Turmoil

March 22, 2023

United States: As new strategic risks emerge from the collapse of these banks, our cross-disciplinary team of legal, crisis communications, public policy and cybersecurity practitioners stands ready to help clients in the financial sector and those in other industries facing the broader economic implications. Answers to some of the key questions clients have asked us so far can be found here. 

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons advises the Republic of Ecuador on landmark debt-for-nature swap to enhance conservation of the Galápagos Islands and their marine ecosystems

May 10, 2023

Global law firm Dentons advised the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Ecuador on the biggest-ever debt-for-nature swap transaction to date.

Dentons advises CSG on the acquisition of Fiocchi Munizioni

December 2, 2022

Dentons assisted Czechoslovak Group (CSG), an industrial group active globally in various strategic business segments including defense and aerospace, in the acquisition of a 70% stake in Fiocchi Munizioni, a global leader in small caliber ammunition for hunting, defense and sport. 

Dentons welcomes Stefan Dann in Pittsburgh

August 15, 2022

Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces that Stefan A. Dann has joined the Firm’s Corporate Group as a Shareholder in the Pittsburgh office.

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