Prior to joining the firm, Grant was the chief legal officer of a fintech company focused on originating and managing portfolios of student loans, which also had a payments subsidiary focused on the education space. As chief legal officer, Grant was responsible for all legal, compliance, and regulatory affairs of the company. He managed a department that included the company’s legal, compliance, enterprise risk management, information security, and internal audit teams.
He was a member of the company’s management committee and served as corporate secretary. While in this role, Grant provided strategic counsel on a number of key initiatives, including launching a new bank partnership with a large regional banking institution, establishing a portfolio management arrangement and compliance oversight program for a US$10 billion student loan portfolio, developing new products, and facilitating the sale of the company’s payments subsidiary.
Prior to this, Grant was a member of the regulatory legal group of a global financial company. He provided legal advice and support globally, particularly with respect to bank regulatory, compliance, and state law issues, including matters relating to capital, liquidity, deposits, proposed regulations, and the nondepository trust company subsidiaries. He was also instrumental in creating and implementing the company’s global Volcker Rule compliance program.
Grant was previously an associate in the financial services practice of a global law firm.
Grant was a member of the drafting committees for the 2014 Massachusetts Bank Modernization Act and the modernization and recodification of the banking laws of New Hampshire.
