Banking & Financial Services

The banking and financial services industry presents a constantly changing legal environment that requires experienced legal representation.  We understand and remain current with these changes to provide the utmost attention to detail for our clients and the highest level of legal representation they have come to expect.  The banking and financial services attorneys at Cipriani & Werner provide clients with innovative and effective problem-solving solutions that assist them in meeting their business goals.

Our attorneys are results-oriented, exceeding the expectations of banks, businesses, investor groups and other financial service providers.  Our banking and finance transaction attorneys and litigators are as experienced in the courtroom as they are in the boardroom, having handled a wide variety of litigation ranging from two-party contract disputes to defending class action lender liability claims.  Our record of success in these areas is a result of persistence and tenacity in pre-trial preparation, coupled with an ability to synthesize and simplify complex commercial transactions and deliver the results that clients require.

Among the types of cases that we have handled on behalf of banks and other financial industry clients:

  • Bankruptcy and state receiverships
  • Lender liability defense
  • Commercial loan workouts and collection actions
  • Fraudulent conveyance actions
  • Preferential transfer actions
  • Contract disputes
  • Claims under the uniform commercial code (UCC)
  • Equitable subordination and subrogation claims
  • Lien priority and fraudulent conveyance claims.