Radhi Thayu leverages her distinct experience in private practice and her advisory roles at significant banks and financial institutions to counsel domestic and international financial institutions on the full spectrum of transactional, governance, regulatory and supervisory matters. Her work ranges from advising on complex mergers and acquisitions to obtaining new bank charters and all related regulatory requirements. Radhi routinely represents clients before federal regulators, including the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC, as well as U.S. state banking regulators.
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Work Highlights
- Bank of America in its acquisitions of Countrywide Financial and Merrill Lynch*
- Non-controlling investments in FinTech*
- Depository institution mergers*
- Conversions of depository institution charters*
- Regulatory issues related to sale or purchase of investment portfolios*
*includes experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Education
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Harvard Law School, 2003 J.D.
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Stanford University, 2000 B.A.
Admissions
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District of Columbia 2004
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Maryland 2003
Radhi Thayu is Counsel in Simpson Thacher’s Financial Institutions Practice. Based in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office, Radhi advises domestic and international financial institutions on a broad range of transactional, governance, regulatory and supervisory matters, including complex mergers and acquisitions, the structuring of investments, obtaining new bank charters and the in-house implementation of Dodd-Frank, among others. She also formerly held several advisory positions at some of the world’s largest banks and financial institutions, as well as in the fintech space, uniquely positioning her to provide sophisticated commercial advice to her clients. She routinely represents clients before all of the primary federal banking regulators, including the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and before U.S. state banking regulators.
Prior to joining Simpson Thacher, Radhi was an attorney at another international law firm. Radhi received her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2003 and her B.A. from Stanford University in 2000. She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Maryland.
Select financial services transactions include:
- Bank of America in its acquisitions of Countrywide Financial and Merrill Lynch*
- Non-controlling investments in FinTech*
- Depository institution mergers*
- Conversions of depository institution charters*
- Regulatory issues related to sale or purchase of investment portfolios*
*includes experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP