Mark Menting

Recognized in 2013 as a “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer for his role advising ING Groep on a series of worldwide asset sales, Mark Menting is a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Financial Services Groups and a member of the Firm’s Managing Partners Committee. His practice focuses on merger and acquisition, securities, corporate, regulatory and strategic matters for U.S. and non-U.S. financial institutions and investors in financial institutions, including individuals and private equity firms, and includes broad experience in general corporate and securities law matters.

Mr. Menting regularly advises on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions in the financial services industry involving:

• Banks and thrift
• Mortgage banking companies
• Insurance companies
• Investment management firms
• Broker-dealers
• Financial technology companies

Mr. Menting also regularly advises financial institutions and investors in financial institutions in capital-raising activities, and financial institutions and their boards of directors facing strategic, financial or regulatory challenges. Examples include his representation of the Board of Corus Bankshares and Riggs Bank in its conviction for anti-money laundering violations and its sale to PNC Financial. He is a frequent speaker on various topics relevant to financial institutions and co-chairs the annual SNL Financial Bank M&A Symposium. He is also a Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School where he teaches “The Regulation of Financial Service Providers in the United States.”