Hugh C. Conroy, Jr.
Partner
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Hugh C. Conroy Jr. is a partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York. He is distinguished as one of the leading financial services regulation lawyers by Chambers USA, the IFLR 1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Law Firms, and The Legal 500 U.S. Mr. Conroy’s practice focuses on bank and bank holding company regulatory issues, as well as broader financial services developments, particularly in the digital assets and novel licensing space. Mr. Conroy has presented on regulatory issues at conferences sponsored by the American Bankers Association, the American Bar Association, the Financial Markets Association, and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, and has been a guest lecturer on regulatory matters at Columbia Law School and NYU Law School. Mr. Conroy is a former Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association Banking Law Committee, and a former Vice-Chair and Chair of its subcommittee on Securities, Capital Markets and Derivatives.
Mr. Conroy co-authors (with Derek M. Bush) a chapter entitled “U.S. Regulation of International Activities of U.S. Banking Organizations” (Regulation of Foreign Banks & Affiliates in the United States, Ninth Edition, 2016). Mr. Conroy is also a co-author (with Robert L. Tortoriello and Derek M. Bush) of the Guide to Bank Underwriting, Dealing & Brokerage Activities (ThomsonReuters, 22nd ed., 2018). From 2004 to 2011, Mr. Conroy served as associate general counsel and managing director in Citigroup’s Bank Regulatory Office. From 1996 to 2004, he was an associate in Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s Banking Group. He received a J.D. degree from Columbia University School of Law in 1996 and an undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from the College of William and Mary in 1992. In 1992-93, Mr. Conroy was a Fulbright Scholar at Kanazawa University in Japan.
