Harold B. Finn III
Partner
Banking and Finance, Hedge Funds/Alternative Investment Funds; Investment Advisers/Broker-Dealers, Business Organizations, M&A and Securities
T: 203-325-5029
F: 203-325-5001
hfinn@fdh.com

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Mr. Finn counsels private and public companies in connection with various matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and corporate governance. He also represents banks, private companies and individuals in connection with the establishment and operation of registered investment advisers and private investment companies.

Education

Columbia Law School (LL.B. 1966, Magna Cum Laude)
Articles Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1965 - 1966
Yale University (B.A. 1960, Dean's List)

Bar Admissions

New York, 1967
District of Columbia, 1968
Connecticut, 1974
U.S. Tax Court, 1974
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1967
U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1974
U.S. Supreme Court, 1992

Recognition

Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers
Best Lawyers in America

Professional and Civic Activities, Associations and Memberships

Law Clerk to Justice Stanley F. Reed (Ret.) and Chief Justice Earl Warren, United States Supreme Court, 1966-1967

Connecticut Fund for the Environment, 1997 - 2002 Board of Trustees

Connecticut Banking Commissioner, Advisory Committee Vice Chairman, 1988 - 2001 Chairman, 2001 - Present

Connecticut Banking Commissioner, Advisory Committee on International Banking

Connecticut Business Corporation Act Task Force Co-Chair, 1994 - 1997

Revision of Banking Laws in Connecticut, 1993 - 1994 Advisory Committee

Blue Ribbon Commission of Connecticut Attorney General, 1982 - 1983

Connecticut Bar Association, Executive Committee, Business Law Section Chairman, 1992 - 1994

American Bar Association, Council, Section of Business Law Member, Council, 2000 - 2004

American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, 1979 - Present Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities

American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, Committee on Banking Law Co-Chair, 1994 - 1996; Vice Chair, 1992 - 1994; Chair, 1996 - 1998

American Law Institute, 1976 - Present, Elected Member Consultative Group for Restatement Third, Trusts

Greenwich Country Day School, 1987 - 1991 Board of Trustees

Published Works

"Annual Survey of Securities Laws Developments Affecting the Banking and Thrift Industries," The Business Lawyer Update, 1986 - 1991

"The Impact of the Proposed Federal Securities Code Upon the Banking Industry," 36 Business Lawyer 397, 1982

Representative Cases

Fort Gratiot Sanitary Landfill, Inc. v. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 504 U.S. 353 (1992)

Holly Hill Holdings v. Lowman, 226 Conn. 748 (1993)

United Illuminating Co. v. City of New Haven, 240 Conn. 422 (1997)