Douglas Landy

Douglas Landy serves as co-head of White & Case's Financial Institutions Industry Group and head of the US Financial Services Regulatory practice. He is also a member of the Firm's Fintech practice.

Doug is one of the most preeminent US lawyers advising financial institutions on regulatory issues, blockchain and crypto matters, and consumer compliance. He represents global banks on the creation of blockchain and crypto trading platforms, custody, payment systems, stablecoins and related financial products. Doug has also been advising non-bank Fintech companies on potential bank charters and similar charters and licenses.

Clients benefit from his deep understanding of banking, securities and consumer laws, along with his thorough and practical legal analysis. He has represented banks in some of the largest M&A transactions in banking history, and in some of the most significant regulatory and Fintech events of the last two decades. Doug was a key advisor to many leading banks, industry advocacy groups during the last financial crisis and the subsequent regulatory reform period. He began his career at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. His regulatory practice focuses on matters involving almost every significant regulatory issue, including bank charters and licenses, the Volcker Rule, consumer finance issues, capital requirements, bank insolvency issues, and US laws and regulations applicable to non-US banks. Doug is credited for coining the acronym "TOTUS" for the important Volcker Rule exclusion for trading outside of the United States.

Doug has been active in pro bono matters, assisting in numerous uncontested divorces, immigration issues and gender-based name changes. He has represented the Hebrew Free Loan Society and is a member of the ADL Lawyers Division.