Dillon Guthrie

Of Counsel
Washington DC
About

Dillon Guthrie advises technology companies, financial institutions, and other commercial enterprises on a range of transactional, regulatory, and enforcement matters. Dillon has particular experience negotiating innovative corporate and technology transactions, navigating complexities around funds, digital assets, and securities transfer, deposit, and custody regimes, and counseling clients on sensitive anti-money laundering, sanctions, and security assurance matters in regulatory examinations, enforcement actions, and internal investigations.

Experienced in both government and private practice, Dillon represents clients in proceedings before federal and state regulatory authorities, as well as in congressional inquiries. He has also represented both public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity issuances, early-stage investments, corporate governance matters, and compliance under the securities laws.

Areas of FocusFinancial ServicesRegulatory and Government AffairsTechnology and Commercial Transactions
Bar admissionsDistrict of ColumbiaNew York

EXPERIENCE

Representative engagements include:

  • Numerous banks and commercial enterprises concerning potential liabilities for certain payments under sanctions rules, the Bank Secrecy Act, Swift rules, Regulation J of the Federal Reserve, Article 4-A of the Uniform Commercial Code, and contract
  • A commercial enterprise in the aftermath of a cyber hack with respect to financial fraud, corporate governance, and cyber-insurance matters
  • A leading private equity fund in its consortium acquisition of a controlling interest in a global semiconductor manufacturer
  • Technology service providers in security assurance, governance, and risk management examinations and inquiries by the federal banking agencies under the Bank Service Company Act
  • Senior bank officers in investigations and other proceedings by the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other financial regulatory authorities
Education
  • J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School
    cum laude
    Articles Editor, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law
  • B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Wickersham Scholar

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Prior Experience

Prior to joining DLA Piper, Dillon served as a counsel at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Earlier, Dillon was a professional staff member on the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and a foreign policy and national security legislative aide to Senator John Kerry. 

Memberships

  • Member, Uniform Law Commission, Special Deposits Act Enactment Committee

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Past event

Exploring the Influence of AI on the Financial Services Industry

7 October 2025 .2 minute read

Publication

US escalates pressure against Mexican cartels

18 August 2025 .9 minute read

Publication

“Fair banking” Executive Order targets politicized debanking and reputational risk

11 August 2025 .12 minute read

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+1 202 799 4422
(Work, Washington D.C)