Partner
Matthew Bisanz is a partner in Mayer Brown’s Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement practice. He counsels domestic and global financial services firms on a variety of banking and derivatives regulatory issues.
Regulatory Compliance: Matt advises financial institutions on core bank regulatory issues and adjacent subject matter domains. Matt is knowledgeable in all major aspects of the operations of an insured depository institution, its affiliates, and its partners—including chartering, acquisition, and permissibility analyses; ongoing risk management, governance, and compliance requirements; and insolvency and resolution issues. He also advises clients on Dodd-Frank Act compliance issues, including the Volcker Rule, capital and liquidity requirements, Reg YY enhanced prudential standards, and Title VII compliance. Further, his practice extends to the other regulatory and risk management needs of the firm’s financial institution clients through counseling on regulatory inventories and change management, cybersecurity and data privacy concerns, and anti-money laundering compliance. Matt currently serves as the vice-chair of the American Bar Association’s subcommittee on banking legislation and regulation.
Transactional: Matt counsels financial institutions on regulatory developments affecting complex financial instruments and significant cross-border transactions. Matt works extensively with Mayer Brown’s deal teams to provide comprehensive advice for innovative and strategic transactions, including with respect to capital and liquidity relief, derivatives/hedge compliance, and foreign direct investment reporting. His transactional work also includes the identification and preparation of required regulatory filings, development of supporting legal opinions and memoranda, third-party risk management, and review of disclosures and required terms (e.g., QFC stay rule). Matt’s broad-based regulatory and accounting background allows him to see where transactions may create issues with an institution’s enterprise-wide risk management and governance frameworks and identify efficient paths to resolution.
Government Affairs: Matt is experienced with sensitive reviews and compliance negotiations involving financial services firms and regulatory agencies. He has led investigations of swap reporting issues, Volcker Rule compliance, and futures trading, and served as the primary representative in negotiations with the US Bureau of Economic Analysis. Matt previously served as the chair of the American Bar Association’s subcommittee on bank enforcement and troubled institutions.
Prior to joining the Washington DC office of Mayer Brown in 2013, Matt worked at the SEC, CFTC, DOJ, and FDIC in various regulatory and investigative roles and at a Big Four accounting firm in New York. He also is a certified public accountant and teaches accounting at the University of Maryland Global Campus.