William E. Stern

In addition to working with the firm's full service bank and thrift clients, Mr. Stern has worked extensively with insurance companies, securities firms and other nonbank financial services providers to establish limited purpose trust banks and other nontraditional vehicles for providing fiduciary and asset management services and advises banks and trust companies that manage collective investment funds and other commingled pools. He has extensive experience representing thrift institutions and their holding companies, as well as advising Goodwin’s bank holding company and financial holding company clients and foreign banks on structuring their banking and nonbanking operations in the United States and abroad in conformity with U.S. banking law and to complete bank merger and acquisition transactions. Mr. Stern has also worked extensively with the firm’s bank and nonbank financial services clients on the delivery of financial products through innovative technology platforms, including mobile applications and marketplace lending arrangements. Mr. Stern has regular contact with officials at federal and state bank regulatory agencies, including the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.