John A. Stoker

John brings extensive experience representing clients as senior in-house counsel and as a regulatory and compliance lawyer and provides legal advice on the interpretation and application of laws and regulations to financial products, services and operations, and strategic enterprise initiatives. He works directly with clients’ senior in-house counsel, compliance, enterprise risk, and finance teams and business leaders, and a wide variety of regulatory authorities bringing a pragmatic and organizational approach to reach desired outcomes.

Prior to joining the firm, John led the Corporate Regulatory Section of a global financial institution providing legal support on regulatory compliance requirements to business groups and to the company’s compliance, risk, finance and treasury, corporate development, government and regulatory relations, and other enterprise functions.

John directly advised on enterprise prudential requirements, including those associated with risk management standards, strategic investments, acquisitions, and divestitures and the permissibility of product and service offerings; served as a legal representative on various enterprise risk management governance committees; and led enterprise project teams for global regulatory licensing integration efforts in connection with mergers and acquisitions. He developed relationships with senior regulatory officials and worked closely on matters such as the permissibility of products and investments, strategic acquisitions, and supervisory and enforcement matters.

John continues to serve as a resource to in-house legal counsel and compliance professionals on supervisory trends and regulatory developments through the firm’s White Collar Defense, Investigations, and Regulatory Advice Blog and participation on speaking panels, including those with representatives from federal banking agencies and senior in-house regulatory counsel. He also is a regular speaker for the University of North Carolina Law School’s Banking Institute’s annual ABCs of Banking Law event. The panel for the annual event includes longstanding in-house and law firm regulatory practitioners who provide participants with an understanding of the legal framework governing the products, services, and operations of banks in the United States and the supervisory and enforcement framework that oversees them.

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• Chambers USA - North Carolina, Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory, 2024

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