Nicholas Bentley

Legal Counsel at Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

About

Nick oversees the legal aspects of the Main Street Lending Program, a facility created by the Fed to help small businesses through the COVID pandemic. Main areas of focus include commercial lending, bankruptcies, workouts, lending regulations and his old nemesis, the LIBOR transition. Nick has also specialized in legal matters relating to investment law with a focus on derivatives, Dodd-Frank Regulations, and municipal bonds. He also has spent much of his career doing pro bono eviction defense for low income tenants in the Boston and New York areas. Nick is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts and New York.

Experience

  • Legal Counsel at Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
    May 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

  • Director, Regulatory Operations Strategy at John Hancock
    Jan 2016 - May 2021 · 5 yrs 5 mos

  • Attorney at Axiom
    Oct 2014 - Dec 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Advising financial services companies on general corporate and compliance matters, including ISDA documentation, derivatives agreements, securities laws and the Investment Advisers Act and Investment Company Act.

  • Associate at Mintz Levin
    Sep 2010 - Jun 2014 · 3 yrs 10 mos

  • Legal Extern at Legal Aid Society
    Sep 2009 - Aug 2010 · 1 yr