Ropes & Gray Adds Jarryd Anderson, Financial Services Regulatory Partner with Federal Reserve and Deal Experience, as Bank M&A Activity Rebounds

Ropes & Gray announced today that Jarryd Anderson has joined the firm as a partner in Washington, D.C. A nationally recognized banking and financial services regulatory lawyer with experience at the Federal Reserve, major financial institutions, and private practice across supervisory, transactional, and enforcement matters, Jarryd will serve as chair of the firm’s financial services group.

“Regulatory judgment is a deciding factor in whether financial services deals get done—and in whether institutions can successfully navigate supervisory scrutiny in times of stress,” said Julie Jones, Chair of Ropes & Gray.  “Jarryd has sat on every side of that equation – writing the rules at the Fed, navigating them in-house, and advising on them in private practice. That means our clients get someone who can position their transactions for approval before problems surface.”

Jarryd’s arrival comes as U.S. bank M&A activity has returned to pre-pandemic levels, with more than $60 billion in announced deal value over the past twelve months. The resurgence is bringing regulatory execution back to the center of deal strategy as financial institutions evaluate strategic transactions while navigating a review environment increasingly focused on supervision, competition, financial stability and community impact. His arrival enables Ropes & Gray’s clients to identify regulatory obstacles earlier, pressure-test deal structures before signing, and navigate bank, fintech, asset management, and sponsor transactions with greater certainty around approval risk and timing.

Jarryd began his career at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, serving as a regulatory policy advisor in the Division of Supervision and Regulation, where he helped shape the post-crisis approval framework for bank mergers and acquisitions. He went on to hold senior in-house roles at Wells Fargo and TD Bank before moving to private practice. He currently serves on the FDIC Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee and has guided bank mergers through concurrent Federal Reserve, OCC, and FDIC review processes, advised fintechs and other nonbanks on bank charter applications, and represented major global financial institutions before federal banking agencies and Congress. His practice covers the full range of banking regulatory matters across supervision, transactions, and enforcement, including bank combinations, corporate governance, payment systems, digital assets, resolution planning, Volcker Rule requirements, anti-money laundering, and consent order remediation.

“Client demand for bank regulatory advice integrated into deal work has grown exponentially, and Jarryd enables us to meet that demand at the highest level” said Jackie Cohen, co-leader of the strategic transactions practice. “Having a partner who understands both the transaction and the regulatory approval process from day one means our clients get greater speed and greater certainty.”

“What drew me to Ropes & Gray is the opportunity to build a financial services regulatory practice inside a platform with real depth in M&A, investigations, and litigation,” said Jarryd. “The most consequential questions for banks, asset managers, fintechs and sponsors today sit at the intersection of deal execution, supervisory expectations, and enforcement and resolution risk—and that is exactly where this team operates.”