09 Jun 2026
Skadden Expands Financial Institutions Regulatory Capabilities With Addition of Monica Freas
"Skadden has hired Monica Freas as a partner in its Financial Institutions Regulatory Group to advise on bank regulatory and enforcement matters, internal investigations, BSA/AML and sanctions, and digital assets and stablecoins."
Ms. Freas brings more than two decades of senior leadership experience at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), where she most recently served as acting senior deputy comptroller for regional and midsize financial institutions. She previously served as deputy comptroller for large bank supervision and as director of enforcement, overseeing the supervision of the nation’s largest and most complex financial institutions. Her practice at Skadden will focus on bank regulatory and enforcement matters, internal investigations, BSA/AML and sanctions investigations, compliance and risk management, and emerging regulatory issues involving blockchain technology, digital assets and stablecoins. She will also counsel bank charter applicants and payment stablecoin issuers on supervisory-related matters including field investigations, pre-opening examinations and full-scope examinations.