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Jeannette Rovira
Associate
Admitted to practice only in New York. Supervised by partners in the Washington, D.C. office.
The business goal should always inform the legal solution.
Jeannette Rovira counsels clients in the financial services industry on critical regulatory and compliance issues. She draws on experience as regulatory counsel at a leading bank and brokerage firm to provide clear, solution-focused advice.
Jeannette advises on a range of bank regulatory issues, including the Bank Holding Company Act, the National Bank Act, the Dodd-Frank Act, and Regulations CC, Q, Y, W, and YY. She also has experience counseling on both federal and state data security laws, including GLBA, Regulation P, RFPA, NIST, and FFIEC.
Practice Highlights
Advanced approaches threshold – enhanced prudential standards
Outlined requirements for institutions crossing heightened regulatory thresholds to enable a financial services company to understand potential impact.
Enterprise risk management
Deconstructed a risk-management program to identify gaps between federal banking agency expectations and regulatory guidance, to allow senior leadership to assess options for improving the program.
Regulatory change
Monitored and distilled regulatory guidance and legislation to assist a financial services company to engage in comment letter and conversation process with federal banking agencies.
Admitted to Practice
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New York, 2017
Education
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J.D., The George Washington University Law School, 2016
- President, Evening Law Student Association
- Director for Evening Student Orientation and Council for Career Services, Student Bar Association
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B.A., Government, Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin, 2010, with honors
- Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society
- Phi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society
- Study Abroad, International University of Moscow
Background
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- Regulatory Counsel, Charles Schwab Corp., San Francisco, 2017-2019
- Law Clerk, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Washington, D.C., 2014-2016