Bank Boards of Directors: 2026 Key Risks and Responsibilities; Governance and Oversight Measures

Ms. Friedlander represents clients in complex internal investigations, regulatory enforcement proceedings and criminal matters involving every aspect of white-collar crime, including fraud, bribery, theft of trade secrets, money laundering and health care matters. She also advises major corporations and Boards of Directors in cybersecurity matters. Ms. Friedlander joined the firm in 2016 from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where she was Chief of the Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit, and served for over eight years. In white-collar, among a wide range of cases, Ms. Friedlander led major prosecutions of offshore banks for facilitating tax evasion; secured one of the largest-ever FCPA resolutions; led the successful prosecution of a $1 billion health care fraud scheme; and brought a groundbreaking racketeering case against the owner of multibillion-dollar payday lending companies. In cybersecurity, Ms. Friedlander led the successful investigation of the largest-ever cyber theft of customer data from a U.S. financial institution; oversaw the indictment of Iranian state-sponsored hackers for coordinating cyberattacks on 46 financial institutions; and prosecuted a Russian national for hacking U.S. banks in a case the FBI named one of its top ten of the year.

Mr. Treviño is the co-head of the firm’s corporate governance practice, the managing partner of its executive compensation group, and a founding member of its financial institutions group. He is a recognized leader in structuring and counseling senior executives and boards in significant matters involving reputation, overlapping regulatory regimes, fiduciary conflicts and multiple jurisdictions, with a particular emphasis on matters involving financial institutions. Mr. Treviño teaches Corporate Crisis Management at the Yale Law School and is a co-author of The Public Company Deskbook, which has been hailed as “the bible for securities lawyers” by Fortune. For over 30 years Mr. Treviño has represented prominent institutions and individuals in their most public and challenging transactions. He also lectures and writes extensively and is often quoted with respect to corporate governance and compensation matters, including for the American Bar Association, Bank Directors Magazine, The Corporate Counsel, The Corporate Governance Advisor, Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals and Wall Street Journal. 

Mr. Weiner is a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell’s Financial Services and Capital Markets groups. His practice involves bank regulatory matters, including capital, liquidity, stress testing and resolution planning, and a broad range of transactions, including registered and unregistered securities offerings, other capital markets transactions, and public and private mergers and acquisitions. He also advises corporate clients on ongoing public company matters, including disclosure and corporate governance.