Jim Sivon

Jim Sivon specializes in financial services law. He primarily works with financial institutions, fintechs, financial trade associations and consulting firms.

Jim provides clients with strategic legal advice on charter options, including commercial bank charters, industrial loan company (ILC) charters, national trust bank charters, narrow state charters, money transmission licenses and options for foreign banks; prepares and shepherds regulatory applications related to corporate transactions and product approvals, including charter applications, Change in Bank Control filings, Bank Holding Company filings and Bank Merger Act applications; analyzes proposed laws and regulations and their potential impact on products, services and business models; assesses new products and services, including filing and compliance requirements; and advises on compliance with a full range of laws and regulations that impact financial services firms, such as capital, control, insider lending and affiliate transactions.

Jim is a former senior vice president and general counsel for the Association of Bank Holding Companies (1983–1985) and served as staff director for the Republican members of the U.S. House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs from 1980 to 1983. Over the course of his career he has served as outside counsel to the Financial Services Roundtable, the American Bankers Association, the National Laws Group, the Housing Policy Council, and the Bipartisan Policy Center, and as Co-Project Director of the Financial Services Roundtable's Blue-Ribbon Commission on Enhancing Competitiveness.