WASHINGTON, D.C. – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced today that Patrick Fuller has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as counsel in the Banking Group. Mr. Fuller will advise the group’s U.S. and international bank clients, as well as other financial institutions and fintech clients, on matters arising out of transactions, compliance programs and regulatory approvals, examinations, investigations and enforcement actions.

Mr. Fuller brings to the firm more than two decades of experience related to financial institutions’ business structure activities, mergers and acquisitions, charters, government approvals, enforcement actions and regulatory examinations.

“The regulatory requirements and frameworks with which banks have to comply are becoming increasingly nuanced,” said Satish M. Kini, Chair of the Banking Group. “Patrick’s deep experience across a broad range of regulatory, examination and enforcement issues, ranging from bank M&A to the Volcker Rule, strengthens our group’s offering to our financial institutions clients.”

Mr. Fuller previously worked in the Financial Institutions Group of another international law firm. He received his B.A from the University of Washington in 1996 and his J.D. from George Washington University Law School in 2005.

Ranked among the leading practices in the United States, the Debevoise Banking Group advises U.S. and international banks, other financial institutions and fintechs on the full gamut of regulatory, transactional and enforcement matters. The Banking Group has close relationships with, and long experience advocating before and negotiating with regulators in the United States, including the Federal Reserve and other U.S. banking regulators, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, state regulators and the New York Department of Financial Services. The Banking Group combines a nuanced understanding of the regulatory terrain with the firm’s strong litigation and transactional resources. Working closely with the firm’s other industry leading practice groups, the Banking Group has been involved in M&A, enforcement, litigation, funds, data security and other matters.