I help fintechs, banks, retailers, and their financial services and tech partners negotiate, document, and operate their business-critical relationships and strategic alliances.

I led a lean and mighty team of lawyers across North America, Europe, and Asia responsible for Stripe's enterprise agreements and relationships with payment and card networks, domestic and international banks, and the other strategic financial and technology partners that support Stripe's global product and technical stack.

Responsible for Stripe's global card payment acceptance and merchant acquiring businesses. I advise Stripe's product, engineering, financial partnerships, risk, and compliance teams on payment product structure and strategy issues related to payment network rules, regulatory concerns, and financial partner relationships. I also negotiate Stripe's enterprise agreements with card and other payment networks, domestic and international banks, and other strategic financial partners that make up Stripe's global payments and treasury network.

Responsible for Stripe's enterprise agreements and relationships with payment and card networks, domestic and international banks, and other strategic financial partners that support Stripe's global product and technical stack. I led legal strategy and negotiations on key enterprise agreements supporting Stripe Payments, Connect, Issuing, Capital, and Corporate Card.

Associate Attorney in the Financial Services Group. Practice focused on partnerships between financial institutions and retail, travel, and entertainment companies, as well as state and federal regulation of bank and non-bank lenders and servicers, third-party service providers, business process outsourcers, and financial technology companies.

Consumer Compliance. Advised the Division of Depositor & Consumer Protection (DCP) on a range of consumer protection compliance issues, including matters related to application of Title X of the Dodd-Frank Act, TILA/Regulation Z, RESPA/Regulation X, ECOA/Regulation B, HMDA/Regulation C, the EFT Act/Regulation E, and the residential mortgage rules (ability-to-repay, originator compensation, servicing, escrow, and integrated disclosures) promulgated by the CFPB.Payments. Represented DCP in intra-agency and interagency working groups focused on emerging payment products (e.g., prepaid cards, mobile payments).Enforcement (Washington, New York, San Francisco). Served on litigation teams pursuing investigations under Section 10(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; advised the Division of Risk Management Supervision on potential and ongoing actions against individuals and institutions under Section 8 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, with specific emphasis on Section 8(b) actions to cease-and-desist certain practices and Section 8(e) actions for removal and prohibition of institution-affiliated parties (IAPs).

Assisted attorneys in compiling major briefs, preparing for depositions, reviewing high-volume document productions, and drafting correspondence to clients and opposing counsel; served on team of liaisons to expert witnesses, assisting in analysis of voluminous consumer transaction data and preparation of damage calculations.