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Claude P. Goetz

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T 212.603.6415 New York
It's about service and empathy. That's it.
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Claude Goetz helps financial institutions, card issuers, and fintechs get challenging deals done. He provides practical, client-focused advice informed by his time spent working as in-house counsel in the payments industry and by his decades of counseling market-leading financial services companies.

Claude advises clients on business transactions, finance, and commercial legal issues, as well as mergers and acquisitions, primarily in the consumer financial-services space. He counsels parties on credit card-related matters, represents buyers and sellers in private asset and equity acquisitions, and assists licensors and licensees of intellectual property. Increasingly, these matters involve emerging-technology platforms. In addition, Claude has extensive experience with joint ventures, governance, corporate counseling, and commercial contracts.

Claude is a member of the firm's executive committee. He served as the partner-in-charge of the New York office from 2010-2014 and as the chair of our Financial Services practice group from 2015-2021.


Practice Highlights

Card transactions

Represent credit card issuers and affiliates in connection with co-branding, issuing, processing, network branding, and auxiliary agreements; affinity/loyalty programs, technology sharing/transfer operations; and liquidity infusion transactions.

IP portfolio sales

Represent rights holders in the purchase and sale of intellectual property portfolios and rights.

Outsourcing agreements

Represent processors and other service providers in outsourcing and other commercial contract negotiations.
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Admitted to Practice

  • New York, 1986
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1989

Education

  • J.D., New York University School of Law, 1985
  • B.A., German, Psychology, Wesleyan University, 1982, with high honors

Memberships & Affiliations

    • Executive Committee, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Background

    • Partner, Kay & Boose LLP, New York, N.Y.
    • General Counsel, Deluxe Electronic Payments Systems, Inc., Milwaukee
    • Associate, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia
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