Edward B. Reynolds, Jr.

Partner

340-774-4422 | ereynolds@dnfvi.com

BIOGRAPHY

Bar Admissions:

New York (1984)
District of Colombia (1986)
Florida (1992) inactive

US Virgin Islands (1993)

US Federal Court (Southern and Eastern Districts of NY)

Education:

University of London, LL.M. in International Law (1984)
Hofstra University Law School, Juris Doctor (1983)
Hobart College, B.A. (1980)

Concentration:

Banking, Insurance and Transactional Law.
Bank Merger/Integration, Regulatory/Compliance Secured Lending, emphasis on loan “work-outs”.
Bankruptcy and Securities Compliance.

Attorney Reynolds is a Partner at Dudley Newman Feuerzeig LLP and has served as special or general counsel to major regional (U.S. Caribbean) and North American banks, including The Bank of Nova Scotia, FirstBank Puerto Rico and JPMorgan Chase, and corporations in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Specifically, Attorney Reynolds has extensive experience in domestic and international banking, insurance, and transactional law. Core competencies include bank merger/integration, regulatory/compliance (BSA, USA Patriot, TISA, TILA, FDIC, HMDA, EFAA, FATCA, etc.), secured lending (including the structuring and drafting of complex loan documentation and complex loan “work-outs”), bankruptcy and local “special purpose” tax strategies and compliance, for mature and de-novo banking organizations and captive insurance companies. He has served as the point person or part of several “point groups” during the 2008-2012 recession for various bank reorganizations and/or attempts at FDIC driven tie-ups. Previous to that, Attorney Reynolds identified and assisted the Federal and local regulatory and compliance efforts by non-FDIC insured branches of major Canadian bank with retail operations only in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

Attorney Reynolds has advised on local and Federal securities compliance; the regulation and structuring of “exempt” companies, special purpose entities as insurers and re-insurers for multi-national corporations. In addition, he was trained in matters related to domestic securities law, including extensive federal securities registration and compliance (including proxy statements, annual and periodic reports, and stock transfers), including the drafting of private placement memoranda for use in both the U.S. and Europe and “Blue Sky” compliance and registration.

Attorney Reynolds is fluent in Portuguese and is competent in Spanish and French.