Cliff Stanford
Partner, Alston & Bird LLP, Co-Chair of the Financial Services Practice Group
- Role
- Partner, Co-chair of the Financial Services Practice at Alston & Bird
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Cliff Stanford
Co-Chair of the Financial Services Practice Group of the law firm of Alston & Bird, LLP.Providing experienced advice and strategic counsel to U.S. and foreign banks and non-bank financial services companies on the full array of regulatory concerns affecting the banking, financial services and payments industries. Areas of expertise include:Complex regulatory issues regarding investments in banks and bank M&A, enterprise risk management, capital and liquidity risk management, bank regulatory compliance programs, consumer financial protection, BSA/AML and banking product design and approvals. Representation of banking clients in examinations, applications and enforcement matters before the Federal Reserve, OCC, FDIC, CFPB and state regulators. Advising bank boards of directors regarding regulatory matters and bank corporate governance matters. Compliance programs, examinations, licensing, product design and marketing and bank oversight issues affecting non-bank firms, including payments companies, retailers, non-bank lenders and other companies contracting with banks. Previously, during a 15-year tenure at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, served as assistant general counsel advising on banking regulation, payments law, commercial contracting, intellectual property matters, information security, privacy, and employment law. Management experience includes serving as responsible officer for the Atlanta Fed’s bank supervision applications and enforcement functions and as founding director of the Retail Payments Risk Forum, as well as junior officer of the human resources department. Regular contributor to industry publications and conferences.I can be reached at c••••••••@alston.com or 40••••••33.
Experience
Partner, Co-chair of the Financial Services Practice
Jan 2016 — Present
Education
Emory University
BA, History
1988 — 1992
Georgia State University College of Law
JD
1992 — 1995
Skills
- Executive Management
- Financial Institutions
- Financial Services
- Leadership
- Payments
- Banking Law
- Banking
- Risk Management
- Financial Regulation
- General Corporate Counsel
- Aml
- Policy
- Management
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Government
- Securities Regulation
- Public Speaking
- Regulations
- Compliance
- Legal
- Cards
- Fraud
- Corporate Governance
- Legal Advice
- Financial Risk
- Mergers
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