Gary Rice is a Partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP where he is a member of the Firm’s Corporate Department.  Mr. Rice regularly advises clients on bank regulation, bank mergers and acquisitions, and securities offerings. 

Mr. Rice is a Member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association and the Foreign Banking Lawyers Association.  He has authored the following articles:  “Comment:  Sellers Remorse and OTC Derivatives”, International Financial Law Review, May 1995; “Mergers and Acquisitions”, 1998 Banking Yearbook; “Custody Services and Competition”, The Review of Banking and Financial Services, July 1998; “Consolidation and Change in the Market for Custody Services”, Practising Law Institute, December 1998; “U.S. Banking Regulation and the Internet”, The Review of Banking and Financial Services, March 2000; “Federal Deposit Insurance Reform”, Banking and Financial Services Policy Report, June 2002; “An Overview of U.S. Regulation of Depository Institutions”, Practising Law Institute, December 2005; and “Getting Ready for Basel II”, International Financial Law Review, August 2006.  He has co-authored:  “Route to U.S. Banking Revolution,” Financial Times, May 23, 1991; “U.S. Court Rejects Federal Reserve Jurisdiction Claim,” International Financial Law Review, July 1991; and “Travelers Group, Citicorp and the Federal Reserve”, Butterworth Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, May 1998. 

Mr. Rice joined Simpson Thacher in 1985 and became a Partner in 1992.  He received his B.A., summa cum laude, in 1977 from Northeastern University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1982.  Mr. Rice also served in the legal department of the Federal Reserve of New York from 1982 through 1985.

Honors/Associations

•	Foreign Banking Lawyers Association
•	American Bar Association, Business Law Section
•	Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Publications

•	FDIC Issues Guidance on Policy Statement for Investments in Failed Banks
•	FDIC Adopts Final Statement of Policy on Private Investor Purchases of Failed Banks
•	FDIC Proposed Policy Statement on Private Capital Investor Purchases of Failed Banks
•	Treasury Department Outlines Reforms to U.S. Financial Supervision and Regulation
•	United States Department of the Treasury Adopts Public-Private Investment Program
•	U.S. Treasury Department Unveils New Financial Stability Plan
•	Federal Banking Regulators Adopt Shelf Approval Process to Facilitate Bidding by Private Equity Funds on Failing and Failed Depository Institutions
•	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Adopts Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program Final Rule
•	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
•	Federal Reserve Policy Statement on Equity Investments in Banks and Bank Holding Companies
•	Getting Ready for Basel II
•	Federal Reserve Issues Final Rules on Trust Preferred and Other Capital Instruments
•	Restrictions on Transactions Between Depository Institutions and Their Affiliates
•	Federal Deposit Insurance Reform, Banking and Financial Services Policy Report, June 2002
•	Anti-Money Laundering Regulations Issued Pursuant to the USA Patriot Act
•	Federal Deposit Insurance Reform
•	Developments in Electronic Commerce: OTS Developments
•	Analysis of Proposed and Interim Rules Relating to Financial Holding Companies
•	U.S. Banking Regulation and the Internet, The Review of Banking and Financial Services, March 2000
•	Federal Reserve and Comptroller Issue Regulations Pursuant to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
•	The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
•	U.S. Banking Regulation and the Internet
•	Consolidation and Change in the Market for Custody Services, Practising Law Institute, December 1998
•	Federal Reserve Approves Merger of Travelers and Citicorp
•	Custody Services and Competition, The Review of Banking and Financial Services, July 1998
•	Travelers Group, Citicorp and the Federal Reserve, Butterworth Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, May 1998
•	Travelers Group, Citicorp and the Federal Reserve
•	Mergers and Acquisitions, 1998 Banking Yearbook
•	Comment: Sellers Remorse and OTC Derivatives, International Law Review, May 1995
•	US Court Rejects Federal Reserve Jurisdiction Claim (Co-Author) International Financial Law Review, July 1991
•	Route to U.S. Banking Revolution (Co-Author) Financial Times, May 23, 1991

Speaking Engagements

•	Gary Rice Speaks on "Financial Reform" at the Federal Bar Council March 25, 2009
•	Gary Rice Speaks at PLI's "A Guide to Banking and Financial Services Law and Regulation" December 15, 2008

Admissions

•	New York 1983

Education

•	Harvard Law School, 1982 J.D.
•	Northeastern University, 1977 B.A. summa cum laude