Nate Balk

Nate Balk advises banks, nonbank financial institutions and fintech companies on a variety of regulatory and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, minority and fund investments, federal and state chartering and licensing, and compliance and enforcement issues.

Prior to joining Skadden, Mr. Balk was a senior attorney at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and served in the Legal Division’s Bank Regulation and Policy Group, where he advised governors and senior staff on issues involving merger policy, change-in-control, resolution planning and emergency lending under Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act.

During his time at the Federal Reserve, Mr. Balk was particularly involved in internal policy developments involving the processing of bank mergers and rules and presumptions regarding control, including with respect to fund and private equity investments in banking organizations. He was also responsible for reviewing a variety of applications and regulatory matters under U.S. banking laws — including the Bank Holding Company Act, the Change in Bank Control Act, the International Banking Act, the Home Owners’ Loan Act, the Dodd-Frank Act and the Federal Reserve Act, among others — regarding proposed mergers and acquisitions, nonbanking activities, joint ventures, minority investments and proposals by foreign banks to establish branches and representative offices in the U.S.