Rebecca Simmons

Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Rebecca Simmons is a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell’s Financial Services and Capital Markets Groups, head of its payments practice and co-head of its FinTech practice. Her practice focuses on functions such as payments, clearing and settlement, including the formation and regulation of financial market utilities, and the development of new approaches to financial services operations, such as the use of new technologies by banks and fintech companies. She addresses financial regulatory, commercial law and insolvency matters in the context of cleared derivatives, deposit account structures, and related financial services. She frequently advises industry groups and consortia in developing new infrastructures and analyzing existing market frameworks. Her practice encompasses U.S. banking and commodities laws and regulation, payments, technology and outsourcing matters, bankruptcy and insolvency issues relating to complex transactions, derivatives structuring and regulation, and U.S. securities laws and capital markets transactions.

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