Our firm has represented commercial banks as both general and special counsel. We provide a full range of banking law services, with emphasis on corporate and real estate lending transactions, regulatory compliance and litigation (including work-outs and foreclosures). We assist clients in complying with anti-money laundering and terrorist financing laws and regulations, and in responding to regulatory enforcement actions. We have successfully represented the organizers of new community banks on Long Island and New York City. These banks cater to ethnic groups and communities that are flourishing in the metropolitan area. The firm also handles the formation of bank holding companies, the acquisition and sale of banks and related entities, and the structuring of international banking transactions.