Rosemary "Ro" Spaziani is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Ro is a member of the Financial Institutions, Financial Regulatory, FinTech and Digital Assets Practice Groups. Ro brings extensive experience advising U.S. and non-U.S. financial institutions on the full spectrum of transactional, governance, regulatory and supervisory matters, including complex mergers and acquisitions and enforcement actions. She routinely represents clients before the Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and state regulators. She also regularly advises clients in the establishment of commercial relationships to between banks and financial companies, as well as the creation and development of new deposit, digital asset and payments platforms.
Her notable experience includes:*
- Representation of Capital One Financial Corporation in its acquisition of Discover Financial Services;
- Representation of Bank of Montreal in its acquisition of Bank of the West;
- Representation of a group of private investors in the investment of EverBank, N.A. (formerly TIAA Bank);
- Representation of various U.S. banks in their non-bank acquisitions and investments;
- Representation of a fiat-backed stablecoin issuer on regulatory matters;
- Representation of global payments companies in developing their U.S. strategy;
- Representation of non-U.S. neobanks on their U.S. strategy, relevant regulatory engagement and applications;
- Representation of banks and nonbanks in acquisitions of failed financial institutions and distressed assets from the FDIC; and
- Representation of the FDIC as conservator and receiver in connection with the sale of substantially all of the assets of IndyMac Bank, FSB to a consortium of private equity investors.
Prior to joining the firm, Ro was a managing director at Goldman Sachs, where she served as the global head of the bank regulatory, deposits and transaction banking legal practice groups. In such capacity, she was responsible for a number of strategic acquisitions and builds, including the acquisition of the retail deposit platform and the development and launch of the global transaction banking business. Most recently, Ro was at a major U.S. law firm, where she focused on bank mergers and acquisitions. Ro began her career at a multinational law firm in New York and serves on the board of The Acting Company.
Ro graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology, magna cum laude, from Bucknell University and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School
Ro is admitted to practice in New York.
*Includes representations prior to Ro’s association with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
Capabilities
- Financial Institutions
- Artificial Intelligence
- Fintech and Digital Assets
- Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Innovation
- Private Equity
- Public Policy
- Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions
- Tech and Innovation
- Technology Transactions
Credentials
Education:
- Columbia University - 2006 Juris Doctor
- Bucknell University - 2002 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- New York Bar