Sara K. Weed

About Sara K. Weed

Sara Weed is Co-Chair of the Global Fintech and Digital Assets Practice at Gibson Dunn. She counsels technology companies and financial services incumbents in connection with product development, transactional, supervisory and enforcement matters. She previously served as Director and Counsel of the Non-Depository Entities Division of the North Carolina Office of the Commissioner of Banks (NCCOB), where she specialized in non-bank financial regulation. Prior to joining NCCOB, she was Operations Advisory In-House Counsel within IBM’s Financial Services Group. A graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Law, she began her legal career as Policy Counsel at the Center for Responsible Lending, a nonprofit, non-partisan research and policy organization where she provided policy support to state and federal policy makers on consumer financial issues.NOTE: This material may be considered attorney advertising under certain rules of professional attorney conduct. No attorney-client relationship is created when you contact me.

Experience

1. Fintech Partner

   Gibson Dunn

   Mar 2023 — Present · Washington, DC, US

Education

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Juris Doctor, Law

  2005 — 2008

Skills

• Policy Analysis
• Financial Services
• Data Privacy
• Bank Secrecy Act
• Corporate Governance
• Loans
• Finance