Practice
Donald N. Lamson is a partner and head of the Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory Group in the Washington, DC office of Shearman & Sterling. Prior to joining the firm, he spent 30 years at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, where he specialized in the derivatives, investment, securities and trust-related activities of national banks. From 2009-2010 he was detailed to the Treasury Department where he assisted in drafting a number of titles in the Administration’s proposal for financial regulatory reform, including titles related to derivatives, investor protection and credit ratings, consumer protection and the Volcker rule.

Mr. Lamson’s practice focuses on financial institution-related matters and includes counseling with respect to a wide range of bank regulatory and supervisory issues. He assists bank and financial institution clients on U.S. bank regulatory issues arising in connection with derivative activities, capital-markets activities, mergers and acquisitions, changes in control of depository institutions, and investments by depository institutions. He also advises financial institutions in connection with internal investigations, securities enforcement matters and other regulatory compliance issues.

• Panelist, FMA Legal & Legislative Issues Conference, “The Impact of New Rules on SIFI Transactions” (October 2012), Washington, DC
• Panelist, DerivSource Podcast, “The Volcker Rule: Compliance Requirements, Implementation Timelines and Planning Despite Uncertainty” (June 2012)
• Panelist, 25th Anniversary Financial Services Invitational Forum, May 2012, Northwind Professional Institute, Langdon Hall, Cambridge, Ontario
• Panelist, “Navigating the New Financial Landscape,” 2010 Duke MBA Finance Symposium, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

• Co-author, “FSOC’s Risky Push for Money-Market Fund Reform,” American Banker (February 20, 2013) (with Sylvia Favretto)
• “May CFPB Director Adopt Regulations to Cover Supervision of Non-Banks? BNA Banking Report (July 10, 2012)
• Co-author, “Tightening the Limits on Big US Banks,” The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation (January 30, 2012) (with Bradley K. Sabel and Gregg L. Rozansky)
• Co-author, “Reinventing the Credit Rating,” New York Law Journal (January 9, 2012) (with Bradley K. Sabel and Shriram Bhashyam)
• “Restore Some Bailout Flexibility to the Fed,” American Banker (September 15, 2011)
• “Restore Some Bailout Flexibility to the Federal Reserve,” American Banker’s financial services blog, BankThink (September 12, 2011)
• “The Federal Reserve’s Bailout Authority—In Search of the Road Less Traveled,” BNA Banking Report (September 2011)
• Co-author, “Developments in Asset-Backed Securitization since Dodd-Frank: An Assessment of the Regulatory Landscape,” Journal of Structured Finance (September 2011) (with Gregg L. Rozanksy)
• “Financial Stability Oversight Counsel: All New or Deja Vu?,” Banking Report (May 2011)
• Co-author, “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Stand-Up or Stand-Off?,” Banking Report (April 2011) (with Hilary Allen)
• Co-author, “Consumer Financial Protection: It’s a Smaller World After All,” Banking Report (March 2011) (with Hilary Allen)
• Co-author, “SEC and CFTC Joint Rulemakings Under Dodd-Frank—A Regulatory Odd Couple?,” BNA Securities Regulation & Law (March 2011) (with Hilary Allen)

• Quoted in “FSOC Pressures SEC, But All’s Fair In Love and Regulation,” Law360 (February 26, 2013)
• Quoted in “How Will the CFPB’s New Mortgage Rules Impact the Market?” BankDirector.com (February 5, 2013)
• Quoted in “Court rejects Obama recess appointments, ruling them unconstitutional,” MarketWatch (January 25, 2013)
• Quoted in “What to Expect from Warren on Senate Banking Panel,” MarketWatch (Dec. 2012)
• Quoted in “SEC Money Market Fund Reform Uncertain Under Krawcheck” Law360 (Dec. 2012)
• Quoted in “Geithner Successor Likely To Be Budget, Not Regulatory, Guru,” Law360 (Dec. 2012)
• Quoted in “OCC Launches New Program to Resolve Supervision Disputes,” American Banker (October 1, 2012) 
• Quoted in “Dodd-Frank May Survive Romney, But Not In One Piece,” Law360 (Oct. 2012)
• Quoted in “Rushed Volcker Rule Could Mean Compliance Chaos, Attys Say,” Law360 (Oct. 2012)
• Quoted in “SEC's Pricey Swaps Rule Sets Up Wall Street Showdown,” Law360 (Oct. 2012)
• Quoted in “Council Eyes More Reform for Money-Funds,” MarketWatch (Sept. 2012)
• Quoted in “Geithner gives strong support to money-fund rules,” MarketWatch (Sept. 2012)
• Quoted in “Why Small Banks Need Volcker Rule Amendments,” IFLR (Sept. 2012)
• Quoted in “One Last Prop Trade for Goldman?,” Reuters (Aug. 2012)
• Quoted in “Bank Living-Will Plans Center On Fire Sale Hopes,” MarketWatch (July 2012)
• Quoted in “Fed Moves Forward With Basel III Capital Rules,” MarketWatch (June 2012)
• Quoted in “CFTC May Skip Cost-Benefit Analysis for International Oversight,” Bloomberg (June 2012)
• Quoted in “Closed Door Battle Over Volcker Spills Into Public View,” American Banker (May 2012)
• Quoted in “Open Access: Further Fixing of International Swaps Data Expected,” International Law Review (May 2012)
• Quoted in “Skepticism About Dodd-Frank Two Years On,” MarketWatch (May 2012)
• Quoted in “Mutual Fund Groups Target CFTC Over Cost-Benefit Study,” Law360 (April 2012)
• Quoted in “Banks Lobby SEC to Exempt Internal Swaps Trades From Oversight,” MLex Market Intelligence (April 2012)
• Quoted in “Banks Move High Risk Traders Ahead of US Rule,” Reuters (April 2012)
• Quoted in “Regulators Adopt Rules on Economic Risk for Non-Banking Firms,” Los Angeles Times (April 2012)
• Quoted in “Fed Cautions Banks on Leveraged Loans,” The Deal (March 2012)
• Quoted in “Toronto Tempts Bankers Tense About Volcker Rule,” National Post (Toronto) (March 2012)
• Quoted in “High Hurdle for Volcker Rule for Debt Exemption,” Reuters (February 2012)
• Quoted in “Collection and Credit Firms Face Scrutiny,” New York Times (February 2012)