Linda Ann Bartosch Email & Phone Number

I am a partner in Dechert’s global finance group. My practice encompasses a broad range of real estate finance, structured finance and investment matters. My expertise includes the purchase, sale, financing and servicing of single-family rental portfolios, residential mortgage loans, home equity investment products, bridge loans, mortgage servicing rights and other types of commercial and consumer-facing products related to residential properties, with a particular focus on securitizations. In addition, I advise clients on construction lending and lease financing.I advise clients on a variety of fintech matters, including the adoption and use of AI technology and the incorporation and use of blockchain in the origination, purchase, sale, servicing and financing of financial assets. I also advises clients on the lending of cryptocurrencies and digital assets, as well as lending secured by cryptocurrencies and digital assets. I am a member of Dechert’s Technology Committee and Co-Chair of the FRE Innovation Group, both of which are responsible for implementing innovation improvements such as drafting technology tools, knowledge management solutions and AI. I also serve as the Local Liaison Co-Chair for the firm’s award-winning Global Women’s Initiative, which pinpoints and develops opportunities for women to advance and lead throughout the firm. I have been named a “Lawyer on the Fast Track” for leading on a series of notable real estate finance, structured finance and fintech deals in The Legal Intelligencer's 2023 Pennsylvania Legal Awards. Additionally, The Legal 500 US has recognized me as a highly regarded lawyer in structured finance and securitization. I have also been listed as one of the 35 top lawyers in the Philadelphia region by the Philadelphia Business Journal as a part of the Best of the Bar Program 2023.*Notwithstanding anything in the Skills and Expertise section below, I do not mean to suggest that I am an expert in or that I have been certified as a specialist in any of the fields identified there.

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