Catherine Brennan
Partner
Hudson Cook
Speaker 2019, 2021, 2024
As a partner in the Hanover, MD Office, Cathy counsels financial services companies on state and federal consumer and commercial financial services law. She represents cutting-edge fintech companies, banks using fintech services, and leading investors in fintech and applies her knowledge of federal and state regulations to their innovative business models. Cathy provides clients with an analysis of state licensing requirements applicable to originating, brokering, marketing, purchasing, and servicing consumer and commercial assets, strategic partnerships between depository institutions and technology companies, and alternative lending and mobile and online payment platforms. Cathy advises traditional financial institutions on mitigating risk and leveraging partnerships with innovative technology service providers in compliance with evolving state and federal regulations.
Cathy is a frequent presenter for the ABA Business Law Section, Alternative Finance Bar Association, deBanked and Lend360. She writes articles and comments regularly for national publications in fintech, small business lending, bank partnerships, and other consumer finance compliance topics. Cathy is ranked in Chambers FinTech Guide 2022 for FinTech Legal: Payments & Lending - USA and in The Best Lawyers in America©2022 for Financial Services Regulation Law.