Reed Smith is pleased to announce that Mark Oesterle has joined its D.C. office as Counsel in its Financial Services Regulatory Group. Mark joins Reed Smith on the heels of a lengthy and well-respected tenure in the Senate Banking Committee where he led the minority staff through passage of the massive Dodd-Frank banking and securities legislation. Mark will be instrumental in helping to expand Reed Smith’s bank regulatory presence in the beltway, expand its legislative practice in banking and beyond, and use his many years of contacts to trigger new business opportunities involving investigations, litigation and more.