Brian W Smith

Latham & Watkins LLP

555 Eleventh Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC
USA
20004-1304
+1 202 637 2288
brian.smith@lw.com

Profile

Practice Areas: Financial Services, Bank Regulation, Payment Systems, eCommerce, Financial Services Technology.

Career: 41 years: Partner Multinational Law Firms; Chief Counsel - Office of Comptroller of Currency; SVP/General Counsel, Corporate Secretary MasterCard International. Advise US and International banks, financial services firms, payment systems, financial technology providers in: complex transactions, regulatory compliance, product development, defense to government action, development/execution of business and regulatory strategies. Participant in most of the significant industry developments. Frequent commentator, author, lecturer. Advisor to leading industry publications.

Personal: MS Columbia University Graduates School of Business; JD St. John’s University School of Law; BS St. John’s University.