Dillon Guthrie

Dillon Guthrie advises technology companies, banks, and other financial services firms on complex transactional, regulatory, supervisory, enforcement, investigative, and corporate governance matters. He brings to bear extensive experience navigating US and cross‑border financial supervisory regimes, international funds transfers, digital assets and cryptocurrency issues, and anti‑money laundering and sanctions compliance.

Dillon regularly represents clients before key financial regulatory authorities, including the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Dillon also counsels clients in appearances before congressional committees, in various legislative inquiries, and in shaping policy and rulemakings. 

Dillon's practice includes advising boards of directors, individual directors, and senior management on sensitive corporate governance issues. He has conducted or otherwise represented clients in internal inquiries involving alleged conflicts of interest, lapses in internal controls, cybersecurity, risk management, and security assurance matters, accounting fraud, and other possible legal and ethical misconduct, as well as their associated remediation efforts. Dillon also represents clients throughout supervisory examinations, appeals, and enforcement actions, designs and enhances anti‑money laundering, cyber, and sanctions compliance programs, and counsels banks and fintechs in structuring their securities, cryptocurrency custody, and payment infrastructures.

In the transactional arena, Dillon has deep experience advising public companies and investment firms in mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity capital markets transactions, early‑stage investments, and other innovative corporate and technology arrangements, including in the banking, defense, energy, and semiconductor sectors. He has negotiated transactions such as joint ventures and bank partnerships and advises clients on banking and other regulatory diligence, approvals, and contractual provisions.