Grant Butler is a partner in K&L Gates' Boston office. Grant represents financial institutions, fintech companies, and asset managers on a variety of regulatory and transactional matters, with particular emphasis on financial services regulatory matters, financial industry mergers and acquisitions, and other financial services-related corporate transactions.
He advises clients on regulatory issues related to the Dodd-Frank Act, the structuring of domestic and foreign investments and activities in compliance with the Bank Holding Company Act, transactions between banks and affiliates, capital raising initiatives, securities and insurance activities of banks, consumer financial product offerings, fiduciary activities, and structuring and operating pooled investment vehicles.
He also counsels clients with respect to corporate governance, operational matters, risk management, consumer financial regulatory matters, bank partnerships, collective investment funds, financial institution formation and reorganization transactions, and choosing and structuring appropriate charters or license structures for their business needs. He represents a variety of financial services companies before federal and state regulatory agencies, with respect to licensing, business combination, and enforcement matters. Grant’s practice also includes advising non-depository trust companies on regulatory, corporate, and fiduciary matters.