Upcoming Banking Regulations: The Importance of Compliance in 2015

Dwight C. Smith, III focuses his practice on bank regulatory matters including advice to U.S. and foreign banks and investors on corporate transactions and bank operations. His work focuses on post-financial crisis issues such as Dodd-Frank, Basel III, and regulation of swaps and derivatives, as well as M&A and capital raising. He is a former Deputy Chief Counsel for Business Transactions at the Office of Thrift Supervision, where he oversaw significant mergers, acquisitions, and offerings and new entrants to the banking industry. He earned his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1981 and a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Yale in 1977.

ERIC JON TAYLOR is a Partner at Hunton & Williams LLP.  Eric specializes in all areas of complex litigation and trial work.  He has broad experience both from working as lead trial counsel in many high profile cases and as in-house chief litigation counsel for the U.S. subsidiary of a Fortune 100 financial services company.  His practice focuses on defense in all aspects of employment, banking, housing, insurance and financial services litigation, with a primary concentration on defense of class actions and individual lawsuits in federal and state courts, and training to avoid litigation, all while fulfilling customer privacy obligations.  Eric also advises clients on their practices and procedures related to mortgage servicing, mortgage insurance, employment, life insurance, annuity and mutual fund sales, affirmative action, fair lending, consumer lending, and debt collection.

DOWSE B. ("BRAD") RUSTIN IV is a partner with the law firm of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, practicing in the firm’s Greenville, South Carolina office. Mr. Rustin practices in the areas bankruptcy, business litigation, class action defense, consumer financial services litigation, and financial regulation. He represents defendants and plaintiffs in litigation involving financial disputes; creditors in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings; financial regulatory compliance and litigation; and commercial and special asset collection litigation, foreclosure, and receivership. . Mr. Rustin frequently writes and speaks on financial services regulations, operational compliance, and non-traditional lending.  Mr. Rustin earned his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of South Carolina School of Law where he was the recipient of the Compleat Lawyer award for his graduating class. He is a member of the Greenville County Bar, American Bankruptcy Institute, American Bar Association, and the South Carolina Bar. Mr. Rustin is an adjunct professor with Furman University, where he works with the award-winning mock trial program.