Richard D Jones

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Rick Jones, a partner in Dechert's global finance practice, focuses his practice on sophisticated capital markets and mortgage finance transactions. Mr. Jones serves as co-chair of the firm’s global finance group.

Mr. Jones frequently publishes and speaks on a wide range of issues affecting the capital markets and mortgage finance markets including topics like CRE CLOs, LIBOR replacements, risk retention, and new financial structures. He is the founder of, and principal author of, the Dechert blog - Crunched Credit, which takes a critical look at the global financial markets.

Mr. Jones graduated from Washington and Lee University, B.A., magna cum laude and the University of Virginia, School of Law, J.D. He received his L.L.M from Boston University School of Law and has been admitted to the Bar in Pennsylvania and New York.

Mr. Jones is a past president of the CRE Finance Council; a founder of the Commercial Real Estate Institute (CRI); a member and past governor of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and a former chair of its Capital Markets Committee; and a member of the Commercial Mortgage Board of Governors (COMBOG) of the MBA. Mr. Jones is a member of the Real Estate Roundtable, serving on its Capital and Credit Policy Advisory Committee. He also serves as the chairman of CRE Finance Council’s PAC.