Joseph B. Sconyers (Joe)

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Joe Sconyers has helped global financial institutions identify and resolve complex and evolving legal risk for more than 15 years. Joe's practice emphasizes providing strategic counseling to clients concerning disputes and regulatory inquiries involving banking and other commercial and consumer financial services businesses.

Joe has extensive experience with structured finance transactions backed by various consumer and commercial assets. His work in this area involves risk-mitigation counseling with respect to thousands of complex financings, responding to regulatory inquiries, and representing banks in affirmative and defensive litigation in federal and state courts.

Joe also regularly advises major financial institutions on cutting-edge litigation and risk issues in connection with emerging environmental, social, and governance (ESG)-related laws and regulations. He also counsels clients concerning potential legal exposure and financial risks in connection with climate transition-related matters.

Beyond his work with financial institutions, Joe has advised boards of directors, board committees, and corporate directors and officers in shareholder disputes and in internal and regulatory investigations. He also has represented global accounting firms in connection with securities-related regulatory inquiries and client disputes. Joe has successfully represented clients seeking to enjoin misappropriation of trade secrets and to enforce nondisclosure and noncompetition agreements through expedited litigation.

Joe has an active pro bono practice focused on representing children and families in immigration removal proceedings, including through the Firm's Border Project, and advocating for military veterans through the Firm's VetLex initiative.

Experience

  • U.S. Bank National Association acquires Debt Servicing and Securities Custody Services client portfolio of MUFG Union BankJones Day represented U.S. Bancorp, a bank holding company and the parent company of commercial bank U.S. Bank National Association, in its acquisition of the Debt Servicing and Securities Custody Services client portfolio of MUFG Bank N.A., a subsidiary of holding company MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation and a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.
  • GMAC Mortgage defends against Unfair and Deceptive Practices lawsuitJones Day is representing GMAC Mortgage LLC in unfair and deceptive practices claims brought by the Attorney General of Massachusetts under Chapter 93A arising out of certain mortgage foreclosures carried out on behalf of GMAC LLC.
  • Gillette obtains dismissal of trade secret actionJones Day recently obtained dismissal of a claim against The Gillette Company, a subsidiary of The Procter & Gamble Company.
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    October 2023 Alert

    CFPB Guidance Puts Creditors on Notice About AI-Involved Adverse Actions

    March 2022 Alert

    SEC Releases Proposed Rule on Climate Risk Disclosure

    March 2022 Commentary

    ESG Risks for Financial Institutions Operating in the United States: What to Expect in 2022

    August 2021 Commentary

    Massachusetts Enacts and Implements New Student Loan Servicing Law

    AUGUST 2021 Commentary

    Second Circuit Holds That Certain Private Student Loans May Be Dischargeable Under Section 523(a)(8)(A)(ii)

    JUNE 2021 Commentary

    OCC Victory in Second Circuit Not a Clear Victory for Fintech Charters

    May 2021 White Paper

    Biden's Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk: What's Next for Financial Institutions?

    May 2021 Alert

    White House Instructs Agencies to Analyze and Mitigate "Climate-Related Financial Risk"

    May 2021 Alert

    First Circuit Rejects "Predominantly Foreign" Exception to Morrison’s "Domestic Transactions" Test

    May 2021 White Paper

    Litigation and Regulatory Considerations and Risks for Financial Market Participants in a Post-Pandemic Society

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    Additional Speaking Engagements

    • January 29, 2013
      Litigating and Winning Against the SEC in a Financial-Crisis-Era Complex Case, panel moderator, Boston Bar Association
    • January 25, 2012
      Strategies for Securing an Entry-Level Attorney Position in 2012, Boston Bar Association

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