Amber A. Hay

Biography

Amber Hay is a partner at Arnold & Porter. In her role, she advises traditional financial institutions, nonbank financial service companies, and financial technology companies on a wide range of regulatory, transactional, and corporate matters. She advises clients on laws, regulations, and legislative developments related to prudential regulations, virtual currencies, electronic payments, custodian activities including those involving digital wallets, and service provider arrangements between banks and non-banks. Hay also advises clients in the structuring of corporate transactions and commercial arrangements related to the offering of payments and credit products and services using technology, as well as the acquisition and sale of financial institutions and non-bank financial service companies.

Prior to Arnold & Porter, she was a Senior Attorney at the Federal Reserve Board. She was seconded to the Financial Services Committee of the U.S. House of Representative. Hay began her career at Honingman Miller Schwartz and Cohn. She earned a BA from the University of Michigan, pursued graduate studies in Corporate Law at the University College London, and earned a JD from the University of Michigan Law School.