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Satish M. Kini Partner, Washington, D.C. [email protected] +1 202 383 8190 www.debevoise.com . Satish M. Kini Partner Satish Kini is Chair of Debevoise’s Banking Group and a member of its Financial Institutions Group. Mr. Kini advises on a wide range of regulatory and transactional issues. For example, he has: represented large financial services firms in transactional matters, including to secure regulatory approvals for transactions from U.S. federal and state bank regulatory agencies and to develop compliance frameworks for various business combinations; counseled banks, securities firms, insurers and asset managers in a broad range of regulatory and compliance issues, ranging from the Volcker Rule to affiliate transactions, anti-money laundering, economic sanctions and data privacy/security; represented clients in adversarial proceedings before the federal bank regulatory agencies and the Office of Foreign Assets Control, including in investigations, enforcement proceedings and adverse examination contexts; and advised clients on regulatory and compliance issues arising out of cross- border transactions and outsourcing arrangements, including with respect to sanctions and money laundering issues.
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Satish M. Kini
Partner, Washington, D.C.
+1 202 383 8190
www.debevoise.com
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Satish M. KiniPartner
Satish Kini is Chair of Debevoise’s Banking Group and a
member of its Financial Institutions Group. Mr. Kini
advises on a wide range of regulatory and transactional
issues.
For example, he has:
represented large financial services firms in transactional matters, including
to secure regulatory approvals for transactions from U.S. federal and state
bank regulatory agencies and to develop compliance frameworks for
various business combinations;
counseled banks, securities firms, insurers and asset managers in a broad
range of regulatory and compliance issues, ranging from the Volcker Rule
to affiliate transactions, anti-money laundering, economic sanctions and
data privacy/security;
represented clients in adversarial proceedings before the federal bank
regulatory agencies and the Office of Foreign Assets Control, including in
investigations, enforcement proceedings and adverse examination contexts;
and
advised clients on regulatory and compliance issues arising out of cross-
border transactions and outsourcing arrangements, including with respect
to sanctions and money laundering issues.
Satish M. Kini
Partner, Washington, D.C.
+1 202 383 8190
www.debevoise.com
In the context of these matters, Mr. Kini has led internal fact investigations of
clients (involving allegations of data breaches/fraud, money laundering and
sanctions compliance issues) and advised clients on compliance governance and
structuring. He also has briefed senior business decision-makers and boards of
directors, based in the United States and abroad, on important regulatory,
enforcement and investigations matters.
Mr. Kini has represented a wide range of firms (including banks, securities
broker-dealers, insurers and asset managers) and leading industry trade
associations on regulatory reform issues, including those arising out of the
Dodd-Frank Act, and has assisted clients to participate in the policymaking
process before federal regulators. He has helped to create industry coalitions to
advocate for regulatory positions and to arrive at consensus interpretations on
difficult issues. He also has testified on Dodd-Frank issues before Congress and
has represented clients on Dodd-Frank and other matters before the federal
banking agencies, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial
Stability Oversight Council and the U.S. Treasury Department and its Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) and Office of Foreign Assets
Control (“OFAC”).
Chambers USA has recognized Mr. Kini as a leading lawyer in Financial Services
Regulation: Banking (Compliance). For example, in 2013, Chambers’ sources
described Mr. Kini as “a trusted adviser who is thoughtful, strategic, responsive
and extremely knowledgeable.” He also is recognized by Chambers Global (2016)
for Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory and The Legal 500 US (2016), in both
the Financial Services Regulatory and Data Protection and Privacy categories.
Mr. Kini is the author or co-author of numerous articles regarding compliance
issues and banking and securities legal developments and has been published in
numerous periodicals, including The American Banker, Barron’s, The Banking
Law Journal, Boston College Law Review, Journal of Investment Compliance,
Journal of Payment Systems, Privacy and Data Security Review, The New York Law
Journal and The Wall Street Lawyer. He currently serves on the Board of Editors
of The Banking Law Journal and The Privacy and Data Security Review and the
Board of Advisors for the University of North Carolina Banking Law Institute.
Mr. Kini also is a frequent speaker on sanctions, anti-money laundering and
other financial institutions matters.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Kini served in the Legal Division of the Federal Reserve
Board, rising to the level of counsel and working on a broad range of regulatory
matters before the agency. From 1992 to 1993, he clerked for Judge Richard J.
Cardamone of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Satish M. Kini
Partner, Washington, D.C.
+1 202 383 8190
www.debevoise.com
Mr. Kini received his B.A. magna cum laude from Colgate University in 1985. He
received his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law in 1992, where he
was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, a John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economics
and the Managing Editor of the Columbia Law Review. He is a member of the
District of Columbia and the New York Bars.
