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Bradley
K.
Sabel
Partner
Education
Columbia Business School, M.S. Business Policy, 1983
Cornell University, J.D., 1975
Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1970, cum laude
Practice
Mr. Sabel joined Shearman & Sterling in 1994 and became a partner in 1997. Prior to joining the firm, he spent 18 years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he specialized in domestic and foreign bank regulatory and supervisory matters and worked extensively in other regulatory areas such as reserve requirements, margin regulations and risk-based capital requirements. He acted as technical adviser to the State and Treasury Departments in connection with the asset freezes imposed on Iran, Libya, Iraq and Kuwait, and also served as a technical adviser to the central banks of Russia and Kazakhstan. At Shearman & Sterling he advises domestic and foreign clients on all aspects of bank regulation and regularly represents them before the Federal Reserve and other agencies. He has assisted several foreign banks in becoming financial holding companies with the Federal Reserve. He has also represented many financial organizations on bank regulatory issues arising in merger and acquisition transactions, advises on enforcement matters, and has served as an expert witness on bank regulatory topics.
Recent Experience
- Royal Bank of Scotland in its effort to acquire ABN AMRO Holding N.V.
- Citicorp in its merger with The Travelers Group
- Morgan Stanley in its merger with Dean Witter, Discover & Co.
- Credit Suisse Group in its acquisition of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Inc.
- Banco Itaú in its acquisition of South American bank subsidiaries of Bank of America
- Merrill Lynch in its acquisition of Advest
- National Bank of Greece in its sale of Atlantic Bank of New York
- Société Générale, S.A. in its acquisition of Trust Company of the West
- The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited in the formation of Mizuho Holdings, Inc.
- The Sanwa Bank, Limited in the formation of UFJ Holdings, Inc.
- UFJ Holdings in its merger with Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group
- UFJ Bank Limited in its sale of United California Bank to BNP Paribas
- Many foreign banks in their acquisitions and establishment of U.S. offices
Selected Professional & Business Activities
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Association of the Bar of the City of New York (former Chair, Banking Law Committee)
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American Bar Association, Business Law Section
Publications
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Author of Reserve Requirements of Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banks, REGULATION OF FOREIGN BANKS, Butterworths Legal Publishers, 4th edition, 2003
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Co-author of Securities Activities of Foreign Banks in the U.S., REGULATION OF FOREIGN BANKS, Butterworths Legal Publishers, 4th edition, 2003
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Author of articles concerning foreign bank acquisitions in the U.S., margin regulations, and loan participations
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
New York
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