Financial institutions, banks, companies and organizations of every size and focus trust Dentons' US Financial Institutions team. With highly skilled teams comprising lawyers from our leading Banking and Finance, Corporate and Capital Markets practices, among others, we offer you a suite of sophisticated, innovative, proactive and sector-specific legal services tailored to effectively protect and defend your interests and advance your business objectives.

Draw upon our lawyers’ financial acumen and decades of collective experience to better understand your opportunities and risks. We  are strategically positioned with offices across the US to provide comprehensive legal and regulatory guidance to US-based commercial and investment banks, insurance companies, funds, private equity firms, credit payment providers, consumer and mortgage finance companies, among other market participants, as well as the US operations of international organizations. Whether advising on transactions, compliance, financings, asset acquisitions and sales, distressed situations, fund formation, regulatory or government investigations, we partner with you to develop and deliver user-friendly solutions that advance your interests.

With many of our clients doing business throughout the world, we offer a powerful and efficient global platform that covers Canada, the UK and Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Turn to Dentons’ US Financial Institutions team for the advice and guidance you need. We provide the effective solutions you need across the financial services sector, including:

• Advocacy
• Banking litigation
• Capital markets, derivatives and securities
• Consumer and mortgage finance
• Corporate governance and compliance
• Credit cards and payments
• Distressed situations
• Finance—asset, structured, lending and acquisition, project, real estate, trade and commodities
• Fund structuring and compliance
• Lending and acquisition finance
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Private equity
• Regulatory
• Restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy

Recognition

Nine Dentons Lawyers named BTI Client Service All-Stars

February 10, 2017

Leading global law firm Dentons tied for first place among 650 law firms named as Client Service All-Stars for 2017 by BTI Consulting Group. With nine lawyers named as "All-Stars," Dentons topped the list of firms honored for their exceptional dedication to client service.

Insights

From Corruption to Cartels: DOJ Takes Aim With New Corporate Crime Crosshairs

June 17, 2025

The current administration’s corporate enforcement policy is taking shape. On May 12, 2025, the new Head of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) Criminal Division, Assistant Attorney General Matthew Galeotti announced the Trump administration’s white-collar crime enforcement priorities and outlined substantive changes to corporate enforcement policies, the Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy, the Selection of Monitors, and the Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program.

Global Financial Markets Regulatory Review - February 2025 Edition

February 2025

Global: Dentons is pleased to present the February 2025 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.

Global Financial Markets Regulatory Review - September 2024 Edition

September 2024

Global: Dentons is pleased to present the September 2024 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.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons releases Global AI Trends Report

January 20, 2025

Dentons, the world’s largest global law firm, has published a Global AI Trends report, highlighting key risk considerations with viewpoints from multiple jurisdictions.

Dentons identifies critical risk areas in annual family office survey report

May 13, 2024

Dentons, the world’s largest global law firm and wealth management industry leader serving the international family office and family wealth industry, has launched The Evolving Risk Landscape for Family Offices - Survey Report (http://www.dentons.com/familyofficerisksurvey).

Nine Dentons Lawyers named BTI Client Service All-Stars

February 10, 2017

Leading global law firm Dentons tied for first place among 650 law firms named as Client Service All-Stars for 2017 by BTI Consulting Group. With nine lawyers named as "All-Stars," Dentons topped the list of firms honored for their exceptional dedication to client service.

View all press releases for Financial Institutions in the United States