North America - United States • Finance
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Well-regarded for its corporate and securities law expertise, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP enjoys a strong reputation in consumer lending and data protection matters. The practice, which is lauded by clients for its ‘responsiveness’, is also knowledgeable of decentralized finance, NFTs, and regulatory compliance. In New York, Brian Korn is well-regarded for his fintech lending and investment structuring and compliance expertise, he also often advises clients on implementing cloud and blockchain technologies. Scott Pearson oversees the firm’s consumer financial services practice from Los Angeles and works with New York-based Eric Knight on negotiating bank partnership documentation. Other key team members include Orange County-based Bernhard Alvine, who is a key port of call for fintech credit agreements and forward flow arrangements.
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Key clients
- AEG Presents
- Authenticiti
- Central Pacific Bank
- Code Properties
- Cross River Bank
- Decent Labs
- Elevate Credit
- Enova International
- Flow Carbon
- FortunaFi
- I80 Capital
- Idea Financial
- Jukebox
- k-f LLC
- MoneyLion
- New Silver
- Pier Asset Management
- Sarcophagus DAO
- Silicon Valley Bank
- Tribal Credit
- VOX Funding
- Warbler Labs dba Goldfinch
- YieldStreet
Work highlights
- Advised Pier Asset Management on a number of ongoing fund and corporate structuring transactions.
- Advised PayJoy on the planning and formation of a cross-border fund for investors from multiple jurisdictions.
- Represented a publicly traded FinTech company on the plaintiff-side in a class action.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Brian Korn, Scott Pearson