BPI Taps Leading Litigator Michael Coyne as Senior Fellow, Strategic Litigation Advisor

Washington, D.C. - The Bank Policy Institute today announced the hiring of Michael Coyne, a seasoned banking litigator, as a new Senior Fellow and Strategic Litigation Advisor. Mike will start in the position today.

Mike most recently served as General Counsel and Senior Legal Officer for the Americas for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), which included MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation and its primary subsidiary, MUFG Union Bank, N.A. At MUFG, Mike provided legal support for the U.S. board of directors and oversaw all regional litigation, government affairs functions, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory matters and securities and credit transactions, among other responsibilities. Prior to MUFG, Mike spent over 20 years at JPMorgan Chase & Co., ultimately rising to Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Global Co-Head of Litigation.

In this newly created position, Mike will work with BPI's members to make the banking industry an effective force in efforts to constrain the reach of the administrative state - whether through amicus litigation at the state or federal level, principal litigation, or working with federal officials seeking to identify and reform regulations that have no legal basis.

"With decades of experience in banking litigation, Mike is the ideal pilot to help BPI navigate challenges to regulatory overreach," said Greg Baer, President and CEO of the Bank Policy Institute. "Several recent legal developments - including the prominent emergence of the major questions doctrine, the official end of Chevron deference, the ability to challenge rulemakings past the APA's 6-year statute of limitations period, and renewed focus on the legality of the administrative judicial process - mean that there are now crucial opportunities to re-shape the bank administrative legal framework, potentially in profound ways. Mike's expertise will be invaluable at a moment when the fundamentals of the bank administrative state are in flux."

Mike is a graduate of Boston College Law School and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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