Dechert LLP

Finance and Real Estate

Co-Chair

Richard D. Jones, co-chair of Dechert’s global finance and real estate practice groups, focuses his practice on capital markets and mortgage finance. Mr. Jones is widely published and a frequent speaker on a wide range of issues affecting the capital markets and mortgage finance markets. He is the founder of, and a frequent contributor to, the Dechert blog, CrunchedCredit, which takes a critical look at the global financial markets.

Founder, Commercial Real Estate Institute (CRI); Chairman, Policy Advisory Committee, CRE Financial Council; Capital and Credit Policy Advisory Committee, Real Estate Roundtable; Member, American College of Real Estate Lawyers; Member, Commercial Mortgage Board of Governors (COMBOG) of the MBA

Washington and Lee University, B.A., 1975, magna cum laude; University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1978; Boston University School of Law, LL.M., 1981