Brennan practices with the Financial Regulatory and Corporate team where he focuses in the areas of banking law and corporate and securities law, with an emphasis in corporate finance-related activities. He provides strategic counseling to a broad range of clients ranging from "inflatable" charter and de novo banks to start-up technology services companies and multibillion-dollar...
Brennan practices with the Financial Regulatory and Corporate team where he focuses in the areas of banking law and corporate and securities law, with an emphasis in corporate finance-related activities. He provides strategic counseling to a broad range of clients ranging from "inflatable" charter and de novo banks to start-up technology services companies and multibillion-dollar public entities. During the financial crisis of 2008-2009, and the period following the crisis, Brennan represented numerous banks in pursuing distressed banking transactions, including failed bank acquisitions, bankruptcy sales, and recapitalizations. He recently served as Chief Operating Officer of a $20+ billion publicly-traded Midwestern Regional Bank, where he supervised risk management, including regulatory relations, credit, compliance, legal and related corporate development functions, including integration activities and vendor programs. He is a frequent speaker regarding financing and strategic transactions in the financial services area and is often quoted in national and local publications.
public entities. During the financial crisis of 2008-2009, and the period following the crisis, Brennan represented numerous banks in pursuing distressed banking transactions, including failed bank acquisitions, bankruptcy sales, and recapitalizations. He recently served as Chief Operating Officer of a $20+ billion publicly-traded Midwestern Regional Bank, where he supervised risk management, including regulatory relations, credit, compliance, legal and related corporate development functions, including integration activities and vendor programs. He is a frequent speaker regarding financing and strategic transactions in the financial services area and is often quoted in national and local publications.
Services relate primarily to:
Services relate primarily to:
Build Or Buy: Assessing Options for Starting a New Bank, Author (Nov. 7, 2023) |
Effective Oversight of FinTech Partnerships, BankDirector.com, Co-Author (June 23, 2022) |
Digital Financial Service Strategies, FinTech University Series, Co-Presenter (Aug. 9, 2022) |
2022 Nelson Mullins Financial Services Conference (May 18, 2022) |
FinTech Panel Discussion and Happy Hour, Nelson Mullins, Assureg, and the University of South Carolina School of Law, Co-Speaker (March 16, 2022) |
Emergency Capital Investment Program, Supporting the Efforts of Low and Moderate Income Community Financial Institutions, Speaker (Feb. 22, 2022) |
FinTech and Non-Bank Investments and Acquisitions, 2022 Acquire or Be Acquired Conference, Bank Director, Co-Presenter (January 30, 2022) |
Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory – Georgia (2021–2025)
Thomson Reuters, Stand-Out Lawyer (2025)
U.S. Navy and U.S. Navy Reserves (1987–1995)
Brennan practices with the Financial Regulatory and Corporate team where he focuses in the areas of banking law and corporate and securities law, with an emphasis in corporate finance-related activities. He provides strategic counseling to a broad range of clients ranging from "inflatable" charter and de novo banks to start-up technology services companies and multibillion-dollar... public entities. During the financial crisis of 2008-2009, and the period following the crisis, Brennan represented numerous banks in pursuing distressed banking transactions, including failed bank acquisitions, bankruptcy sales, and recapitalizations. He recently served as Chief Operating Officer of a $20+ billion publicly-traded Midwestern Regional Bank, where he supervised risk management, including regulatory relations, credit, compliance, legal and related corporate development functions, including integration activities and vendor programs. He is a frequent speaker regarding financing and strategic transactions in the financial services area and is often quoted in national and local publications.
Services relate primarily to:
Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory – Georgia (2021–2025)
Thomson Reuters, Stand-Out Lawyer (2025)
U.S. Navy and U.S. Navy Reserves (1987–1995)