N E A L J C U R T I N

BOSTON, MA.

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B A N K C O R P O R A T E A N D R E G U L A T O R Y L A W Y E R Performed Bank and other financial institutions corporate and regulatory work for more than 40 years including acquisitions, restructurings, investments, bank holding company matters and a broad spectrum of regulatory matters including Dodd-Frank Act and Anti-Money Laundering compliance. Led the legal work on transactions which include some of the largest bank mergers and bank branch transactions to have occurred in the U.S. Advised on corporate governance and led general corporate mergers and acquisitions in diverse businesses. Bank related transactions included acquisitions or dispositions of lines of business such as investment management, credit card merchant processing, specialty lending such as factoring and mortgage banking, transfer agency and corporate trust.

Represented U.S. banks in establishing operations internationally and foreign banks in connection with their U.S. operations. Advised fintechs in connection with the provision of payment and other financial services. Led the legal work in bank related international transactions in Sub-Saharan Africa, South America, and the Caribbean. Through Financial Services Volunteer Corps, consulted with foreign governments, central banks and financial ministries in the Balkans and the Middle East regarding banking and financial market structural matters. At Bingham McCutchen LLP was Chair of the Financial Institutions Corporate and Regulatory Practice Group, which group was ranked nationally for Financial Services Regulation-Banking Compliance in Chambers USA. W O R K E X P E R I E N C E

SANTANDER BANK, Boston, MA 11/2018 – 10/2023

Senior Legal Counsel – Vice President

As a member of the Shared Legal Services Group provided counseling to the line divisions of Santander’s U. S. national bank, its’ U.S. holding company, Santander Holding Company USA, Inc and other U.S. affiliates. Primary personal responsibilities included representation of the Anti-Money Laundering & Countering Terrorist Financing, OFAC and Sanctions Group and acting as counsel to the Transactions with Affiliates Working Group which functions as a Regulation W compliance measure. Other areas included evolving regulation of crypto activities and cyber events and U.S. and EU privacy regulation.

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP, Boston, MA 07/2016 – 11/2018

Senior Counsel – Corporate Group Seyfarth

MORGAN LEWIS LLP, Boston, MA 11/2014 – 07/2016

Senior Counsel – Investment Management – Financial Institutions Group BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP, Boston, MA 06/1970 – 07/2014 Of Counsel (2014)

Partner (1975 – 2014)

Associate (1970 – 1975)

E D U C A T I O N

Fordham University School of Law JD 1968

Harvard University AB 1965

B A R A D M I S S I O N S A N D R E G I S T R A T I O N S New York 1969

Massachusetts 1970

Previously Registered Foreign

Lawyer in England and Wales 2000

R E C O G N I T I O N S

Described in Chambers USA by peers as an “excellent banking lawyer,” “encyclopedic in his knowledge” of financial services regulation. “ Offers significant international perspective” and “is praised by his clients for his incredibly fast turnaround” and for being “a really talented lawyer.” For years listed as a Band 1 Leading Practitioner in Chambers and Partners - Massachusetts Banking and Finance: Corporate and Regulatory. Listed as a bank lawyer in Best Lawyers in America for over twenty years and listed in 2017 Best Lawyers in New England in Banking and Finance and Financial Services Regulation. Listed in Expert Guides: Guide to the World’s Leading Banking Lawyers. Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Rating of 5.0/5.0 and High Ethical Standing Rating. O T H E R I N V O L V E M E N T S

Trustee of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute of Boston, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. Was the Secretary of the Institute and a Member of both Executive and Governance Committees. Chair of the Governance Committee for 27 years. From 2020, Distinguished Trustee. Served as a Trustee of the Massachusetts Hospital Association as the Dana-Farber representative.

Trustee Emeritus of Berklee College of Music, having served on the Executive Committee and as Chairman of the Trustee Academic Affairs Committee and Presidential Search Committee. Served as a director of Citizens Corporation, a NYSE-listed property and casualty insurance holding company and subsidiary of Allmerica Financial of Massachusetts. Served as a director of Walbar, Inc. an American Stock Exchange listed manufacturer of jet engine components.

Served on the Board of Governors of the Harvard Club of Boston and served as Co-Chair of the Club’s Schools and Scholarships Committee for many years. Was a director of the Harvard Alumni Association and chaired the Nominating Committee for Overseers of Harvard University and HAA Directors. Co-chaired 25th and 50th Harvard College Radcliffe Class of 1965 reunions.

Has a PADI Master Suba-Diver Rating.

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