Matthew Mirett

Many of our attorneys spend a substantial portion of their time representing banks and financial institutions doing business throughout the United States. The services we provide to our banking clients are wide-ranging and include the handling of commercial transactions and the representation of banks in numerous types of litigation. Our banking clients include both national and regional banks and financial institutions, including JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Provident Bank, New York Community Bank, TD Bank, Bank of America, NVE Bank, Investors Bank, Lakeland Bank, ConnectOne Bank, UBS Bank USA and Peapack-Gladstone Bank.

Commercial Transactions and General Advice

The attorneys of Sherman Wells have extensive experience representing banks and financial institutions in various transactions and providing such institutions with a wide range of advice and services. We regularly represent financial institutions in commercial loan transactions – ranging from the straightforward to the complex, with a special emphasis on tax-sensitive lending – and are intimately involved in the documentation and closing of such transactions. Our attorneys also routinely represent financial institutions in connection with regulatory issues, mergers and acquisitions and capital raise transactions. We also advise financial institutions on legal issues involving their wealth management lines of business.

Banking Litigation

Our attorneys have decades of experience representing commercial banks, savings banks, savings and loan institutions, and other financial institutions in connection with litigation and litigation-related matters. Several Sherman Wells attorneys spend the majority of their time representing banks and financial institutions in commercial foreclosure actions, actions on commercial notes and guaranties, and commercial loan workouts and restructurings; they have successfully recovered substantial money judgments and foreclosed properties on behalf of our clients. Our attorneys have also represented banking clients in recovering possession of and subsequently disposing of REO properties, as well as landlord-tenant issues arising in connection with such properties.

Our attorneys have extensive experience representing banks and financial institutions in a broad range of other types of litigation, including RICO claims, shareholders’ actions, general collection matters, letter of credit cases and real estate-related litigation. We also have experience pursuing claims under fidelity bonds (and, in fact, were counsel of record on the leading Third Circuit case in this area). We have routinely and successfully represented banks and financial institutions in defense of lender liability and other claims.

Sherman Wells attorneys also have substantial experience representing banks in connection with retail banking matters involving claims brought under Articles 3 and 4 of the UCC by both customers and non-customers. In addition, we handle consumer class actions against banks and financial institutions involving claims brought under New Jersey’s Secondary Mortgage Loan Act, the Federal Truth in Lending Act, and New Jersey’s Consumer Fraud Act.

With offices in Florham Park, New Jersey, and Midtown Manhattan, we bring with us the talent and experience we’ve gained working with large, prominent law firms, but employed with the efficiency of a mid-size firm.

Our senior attorneys are some of the most highly respected in their disciplines in the New Jersey/New York area, and we have hand-picked talented younger attorneys and paraprofessionals to help grow our firm. We handle the legal and business needs of a broad range of clients, from Fortune 100 corporations to closely-held businesses to individuals and families, in the following practice areas:

• Banking and Financial Services Law
• Broker-Dealer Litigation and Arbitration
• Commercial and Business Litigation
• Corporate Law
• Estate Planning and Estate Administration
• Estate and Fiduciary Litigation
• Real Estate
• Executive Compensation
• Intellectual Property and Technology
• Media and Entertainment
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Taxation

Recognized by NJBIZ as one of the Best Places to Work in New Jersey for 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, we strive to continue to be a forward-thinking company where our dedication to professional growth and quality of life makes a difference.