Richard Davis is a partner in the Structured Credit practice and co-chair of the Asset-Backed Finance practice at Paul Hastings, based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. His practice focuses on representing both lenders and borrowers in complex financings, including leveraged, asset-based and repo transactions.

Rich is a leading lawyer in the fintech lending market, where he represents numerous fintech lenders — and lenders to fintech lenders — in financings secured by various types of fintech assets, including consumer and small business loans, merchant cash advances and trade receivables. He has extensive experience working with clients in global commercial and investment banks, commercial finance companies, direct lenders, private equity funds and fintech originators. Rich also regularly represents institutional buyers and sellers in structuring and negotiating repo and other safe-harbor transactions involving various types of loans, securities and other assets.

• The Legal 500 U.S., Fintech (2021-2022)
• The Legal 500 U.S., Structured Finance: Securitization (2021-2022)

• University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, J.D. 1999 (With Honors, Order of the Coif)
• Truman State University, B.S. 1994