Dana Seesel Bayersdorfer
Lawyers
Advises banks and other financial institutions on a wide range of regulatory and transactional matters.
Dana advises U.S. and non-U.S. banks, fintechs and other financial services companies on bank regulatory and other financial regulatory matters, including chartering and other strategic regulatory decisions, regulation of stablecoin and other digital asset activities, M&A transactions and capital markets offerings. Her practice includes advice on the Bank Holding Company Act, the National Bank Act, long-term debt (LTD) and total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) requirements, and recovery and resolution planning. She has experience with regulatory advocacy, including writing comment letters on regulatory proposals.
Experience
Recent Work
- Citi acquisition of Barclays American Airlines co-branded card portfolio
- SVB Financial Group chapter 11 plan becomes effective
- loanDepot exchange offer and consent solicitations
- UMB Financial $2 billion acquisition of Heartland Financial
- Galaxy Digital engaged to manage and monetize FTX digital asset holdings
- JPMorgan acquires assets and assumes certain liabilities of First Republic
- Bank of America $1.5 billion cash tender offer for preferred stock
- JPMorgan Chase medium-term note program
- JPMorgan Chase euro medium-term note program
- State Street $3.5 billion acquisition of Brown Brothers Harriman Investor Services
- JPMorgan Chase euro medium-term note program
- JPMorgan Chase €1.25 billion notes offering
- JPMorgan Euro Medium-Term Note Program
Insights
Education
J.D., Columbia Law School
- James Kent Scholar
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg Prize
- Executive Articles Editor, Columbia Business Law Review
A.B., Government, Harvard University
- cum laude
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York