21 Jul 2026
Crowell & Moring Welcomes Cristina Diaz to Financial Services Group
"Cristina Diaz joins Crowell & Moring in New York as senior counsel in the Financial Services Group, advising banks, fintechs and digital assets firms on bank regulation, charters, licensing, enforcement and M&A."
At Crowell & Moring, Diaz will counsel banks, fintechs, and digital assets companies on a broad range of bank regulatory matters, including charters and licensing, permissible activities, capital requirements, regulatory enforcement, M&A, and corporate governance. She will also advise clients navigating the intersection of traditional banking and emerging financial services, including digital assets companies seeking to acquire or establish national banks, and banks exploring partnerships with fintechs and digital assets firms.
Diaz brings more than two decades of in-house counsel and law firm experience in bank regulation, compliance, and risk management. She joins Crowell from UBS, where she served as executive director and general counsel of UBS Bank USA and most recently was head of legal for UBS’s U.S. Remediation Management Office. Earlier in her career, Diaz spent eight years at Davis Polk & Wardwell advising U.S. and foreign banks on bank regulatory matters, M&A, and capital markets transactions.