KRISTIN LEE advises U.S. and international banks, bank holding companies, and their affiliates on a broad spectrum of regulatory, supervisory, and enforcement issues. She represents clients before key federal and state financial regulatory bodies, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Kristin offers detailed guidance on U.S. banking laws and regulations, supervisory guidance, and regulatory developments. Her practice includes counseling banks on compliance matters, regulatory applications, notices, and other supervisory communications related to investments and transactions, the entry of non-U.S. banks into the U.S. market, and the international operations of U.S. banks. She also handles chartering and licensing initiatives, control and non-control determinations, and enforcement matters.
Kristin's extensive knowledge of federal and state banking and financial services laws, such as the Bank Holding Company Act, National Bank Act, Federal Deposit Insurance Act, International Banking Act, and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, along with their implementing regulations, allows her to offer strategic advice on a wide range of regulatory, transactional, corporate governance, and compliance issues. Over her career, Kristin has provided counsel to large banks on regulatory and supervisory matters, having previously worked in the bank regulatory legal group of a global financial institution and in the financial institutions group of a multinational financial services law firm.
Kristin has been recognized as by Legal 500 US in Media, Technology, and Telecoms: Fintech (2024).