David Beam is a partner in Mayer Brown’s Washington DC office and a member of the Consumer Financial Services group. His practice encompasses a broad range of matters related to payments and credit regulation. He provides clients with regulatory compliance and related business planning advice; conducts regulatory due diligences of investment and acquisition targets; structures joint ventures and other business arrangements; obtains approvals, licenses and regulatory guidance from US federal and state financial regulators; and prepares terms and conditions for financial products and services. Additionally, he defends companies in connection with federal and state governmental audits, investigations and enforcement proceedings and assists with litigation matters, including putative class action proceedings.

David presents and publishes extensively on matters affecting the consumer financial services industry. He is active in the American Bar Association’s Consumer Financial Services Committee, and is the vice chair of the Deposit Products and Payment Systems Subcommittee. He is also a past chair of the committee’s Preemption and Federalism Subcommittee.