Vera O. Kachnykewych
Partner

Vera Kachnykewych joined Gersten Savage LLP in 2008. She has extensive experience advising foreign and U.S.-based financial institutions and money services businesses regarding transactional, regulatory, and legislative matters.  

Ms. Kachnykewych represents clients on a variety of matters including, among others, entry in the U.S. by foreign banks and securities firms, de novo bank and bank holding company formation, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory enforcement actions, regulatory concerns incident to the development of new bank products, privatization, regulatory compliance including anti-money laundering compliance, and the federal legislative process. She has also provided regulatory advice in connection with litigation matters involving financial institutions, including, most notably, the representation of First American Corporation and First American Bankshares, Inc. in proceedings and investigations arising from the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International.