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Richard D. Davidson

Partner

Practice Areas

• Asset-based Lending and Securitization
• Corporate and Securities
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Real Estate Transactions, Development and Finance

Specialty Practices/ Industries

• Structured Finance
• Real Estate and Financing Structures
• Corporate Governance and Compliance
• OFAC and Patriot Act Compliance
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act Compliance
• Document Retention Policies
• Opinion/due diligence in complicated, multi-transactional party lending
• Regulations regarding Investment Advisors

Education

• Cornell Law School, J.D., 1970 with honors
• Princeton University, B.S., 1967 cum laude

Admitted

• The Florida Bar - 1978
• New York State Bar - 1971
• U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Florida
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Eleventh Circuits
• United States Supreme Court

Recognition

• Martindale-Hubbell Rating: AV
• Listed in the Best Lawyers in America 2008
• Orlando's Best Lawyers 2008 Orlando Magazine

Professional Certification, Memberships and Activities

Professional Associations
American Bar Association
Orange County Bar Association
NY State Bar Association
The Florida Bar
Corporate and Business Law Section of Meritas, Chairman

Community Activities

Princeton Alumni Association, Schools Committee
Orlando Camera Club
Seminole County Amateur Radio Emergency Service
Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce, PRISM Initiative, Committee Co-Chairman

Publications and Lectures

"Drafting Asset Purchase Agreements" for Buying and Selling a Business in Florida-Mastering the Basics
"Commercial Lending Requirements and Loan Documentation in Florida"
"Corporate Agreements" Association of Corporate Counsel - Central Florida Chapter
Panelist "Advice to Students from Experience Practitioners," Florida A&M College of Law

Representative Projects

• Structuring of business transactions utilizing structured finance techniques and other legal structures for the use, sale, purchase and development of assets