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Former Wall Street lawyer to be tapped for top bank oversight role

Reuters reports that the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to name Randall Guynn, a former partner at law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell who has represented the largest U.S. banks, as its new director of supervision and regulation, according to two people familiar with the matter. Wall Street attorneys who have gone into government regulatory roles have typically recused themselves from dealing with firms they recently represented, Reuters notes.