Daniel Wheeler

Practice Summary

Daniel Wheeler is a financial services innovator who brings creativity, sound judgment and intellectual rigor to his work. Dan is adept at supervising teams and cultivating talent, risk management, and building a strong, sustainable enterprise. Dan is effective in building rapport and credibility with regulators. Dan functions as an R&D lab for his financial services clients, helping them invent businesses and products through innovative regulatory strategy. This includes helping clients decide on a regulatory identity that best suits their cost and operational constraints. Mr. Wheeler helps clients solve significant regulatory challenges. Sometimes this involves intervention and advocacy with the Federal Reserve, FDIC, OCC, NCUA, CFPB, FinCEN and state financial regulators, as well as negotiation of enforcement actions. Dan has deep experience in guiding banks, fintechs, and crypto companies in solving challenges, including litigation or disputes among banks, vendors and service providers. Other times it may be in strategic partnerships or acquisitions.