| Biography | Professional Experience Rob Taylor is chair of the Financial Services Regulation practice group. He practices in the financial institutions area with an emphasis on federal and state regulatory matters. He advises banks, thrift institutions, insurance companies, and their holding companies on all aspects of the state and federal laws governing their activities. Rob also works with financial institutions disposing of and acquiring portfolios of distressed assets, including loan portfolios. Representative Matters · Representation of buyers or sellers in more than 25 separate financial institution M&A transactions since 1996 · Representation of numerous organizing groups in establishing de novo institutions including national banks, federal savings banks, state-chartered banks, and trust companies · Representation of banks in forming bank holding companies · Representation of insurance company in establishment of nationwide program for insurance sales through banks · Representation of mutual savings bank in conversion to mutual holding company · Representation of state-chartered bank in merger and conversion to federal savings bank · Representation of banks in establishment of nationwide lending programs and nationwide trust operations · Representation of mutual holding company in issuance of trust preferred securities News, Publications & Presentations · Co-author, "Volcker Rule Requirements for Community Banks," Day Pitney Alert, December 5, 2011 · Co-author, "Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Early Warning Notices," Day Pitney Alert, November 9, 2011 · Mentioned, "Deal Roster: Berkshire Hills Bancorp - Connecticut Bank and Trust," Mergers Brief, November 8, 2011 · Co-author, "Updated Regulatory Guidance for Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment: A New Standard of Care?," Day Pitney Alert, July 14, 2011 · "The U.S. Treasury Small Business Lending Fund: An Opportunity for Community Banks," Bloomberg Banking & Finance Law Report, March 2011 · Co-author, "Treatment of Trust Preferred Securities Under Dodd-Frank," Day Pitney Alert, July 23, 2010 · Co-author, "Financial Regulatory Reform - Establishment of Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection," Day Pitney Alert, July 21, 2010 · Co-author, "Preemption Under Dodd-Frank," Day Pitney Alert, July 19, 2010 · Co-author, "Financial Regulatory Reform: Banking Provisions," Day Pitney Alert, July 16, 2010 · Featured, "Day Pitney Assists Talbots, Inc. in Acquisition of BPW," Day Pitney Press Release, April 28, 2010 · Co-author, "Federal Regulators Release Model Consumer Privacy Notice Form," Day Pitney Alert, April 15, 2010 · Co-author, "TILA Private Education Loan Disclosure Requirements Become Mandatory," Day Pitney Alert, February 22, 2010 · Co-author, "Federal Agencies Announce 'Model Privacy Form' Under GLBA," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, January 2010 · "Recent FDIC Loss Sharing Arrangements," Day Pitney Alert, September 1, 2009 · Speaker, "Audit Committee Relations with the External Auditing Firm and the CEO," Bank Audit Committee Conference, Bank Director Magazine, Chicago, IL, June 11-12, 2009 · Co-author, "The Public-Private Investment Program for Legacy Assets," Day Pitney Alert, March 27, 2009 · Co-author, "Stimulus Act Expands Executive Compensation Limits for TARP Recipients," Day Pitney Alert, February 15, 2009 · Author, "National Banks Exercising Fiduciary Powers Are Not Subject to Various State Laws," Day Pitney Alert, January 22, 2009 · Speaker, "New Jersey Bank CFO Peer Group Dinner Meeting," Iselin, NJ, November 17, 2008 · Co-author, "Initial Guidance on the Executive Compensation Rules under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA)," Day Pitney Alert, October 23, 2008 · Co-author, "TARP Capital Purchase Program Update," Day Pitney Alert, October 21, 2008 · Co-author, "FDIC Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program," Day Pitney Alert, October 14, 2008 · "Directors of Financial Institutions Need to Review and Consider Their Risks and Exposures," Day Pitney Alert, October 13, 2008 · Co-author, "Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008," Day Pitney Alert, September 29, 2008 · Co-author, "Troubled Assets Relief Program Highlights of the Discussion Draft Bill," Day Pitney Alert, September 26, 2008 · Co-author, "Federal Reserve Eases Rules on Equity Investments in Banks," Day Pitney Alert, September 25, 2008 · "New York State Adopts De Novo Interstate Bank Branching Law," Day Pitney Alert, August 6, 2008 · "Commercial Real Estate Portfolios at Troubled Banks; Registration Requirements," Day Pitney Alert, July 17, 2008 · "Management Of Third-Party Risk By Banking Institutions," Day Pitney Alert, June 20, 2008 · "The Role Of The Audit Committee For Publicly-Traded Community Banks," The Banking Law Journal, February 2008 · "Final Adoption of the Push Out Provisions - Limiting Bank Broker-Dealer Activities," Day Pitney Alert, October 30, 2007 · Speaker, "Bank Audit Committee Conference," Bank Director Magazine, Intercontinental Chicago, Chicago, IL, June 15, 2007 · "Bank Ownership and Investment in Real Estate," The Banking Law Journal, April 2006 · "Regulatory Relief for Banks," Massachusetts Banker Magazine, Fourth Quarter 2004 · "Impact of Recent White-Collar Crime Legislation on Connecticut Banks," Connecticut Banking Magazine, Third Quarter 2003 · "Connecticut Adopts State Sarbanes-Oxley Provisions And Banking Law Amendments," DBH Alert, August 19, 2003 · Presentation, Massachusetts Bankers Association USA PATRIOT Act Conference, Framingham, MA, June 4, 2003 · "Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Requirements Applicable to Financial Institutions," The Banking Law Journal, June 2003 · Presentation, Connecticut Department of Banking's 2002 Bank Director's Training Conference, Farmington, CT, December 18, 2002 · "Major Credit Union Modernization Legislation Enacted in Connecticut," 119 Banking Law Journal 836, October 2002 · "Recent Connecticut Legislation Affecting Banks," The Commercial Record, September 2001 · "SEC's New Selective Disclosure Rules," Connecticut Banking, First Quarter 2001 · Presentation, "The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Seminar," Connecticut Bankers Association, Cromwell, CT, February 1, 2000 · Presentation, Directors Roundtable Banking Seminar, "A World Conference on Opportunities in Banking, Securities & Insurance After the Repeal of Glass-Steagall," Hartford, CT, January 26, 2000 · "Connecticut Legislation Expands Bank Powers and Authorizes Uninsured Banks," The Commercial Record, October 1999 · "The Role of Credit Scoring in Fair Lending Law - Panacea or Placebo?" Annual Review of Banking Law, Morin Center for Banking Law Studies, Boston University School of Law, 1999 · Presentation, "Recent Thrift Charter Activity," ABA Section of Business Law Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 16, 1999 · "A Crucial Banking Decision - Organizers of a New Bank Need to Assess the Advantages of a State Versus a Federal Charter," The Connecticut Law Tribune, January 18, 1999 Outside Interests · Director, Connecticut Appleseed Center for Law and Justice · Organizer and Founder, Hartford Homeless Experience Legal Protection (HELP) Program · Life Fellow, James W. Cooper Fellows · Member, Town of Simsbury Committee on Property Tax Relief Awards and Achievements · Attorney, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D.C., 1980-1983 |