Moorari Shah is a partner in the Finance and Bankruptcy Practice Group in the firm's Los Angeles and San Francisco offices.
Areas of Practice
Moorari combines deep in-house and law firm experience to deliver practical, business-minded legal advice. He represents banks, fintechs, mortgage companies, auto lenders, and other nonbank institutions in transactional, licensing, regulatory compliance, and government enforcement matters covering mergers and acquisitions, consumer and commercial lending, equipment finance and leasing, and supervisory examinations, investigations, and enforcement actions involving state and federal agencies.
Moorari has significant experience negotiating asset- and stock purchases, bank partnership arrangements for fintech platforms, start-up company financings through IPO, loan purchase and servicing agreements, and complex on-shore and off-shore information technology and business process outsourcing transactions with an eye toward navigating contractual, operational, and regulatory hurdles to achieve real-world business outcomes. He also has experience in real estate, asset-based, and unsecured financings, as well as enforcing rights and remedies against corporate debtors in non-bankruptcy workout negotiations.
Clients rely on Moorari’s prudent and pragmatic approach to compliance with state and federal consumer protection laws and regulations, particularly in connection with those laws prohibiting unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts and practices (UDAP/UDAAP) and innovative product developments that could present heightened reputational, operational, and enforcement risk. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US), and his advisory work for clients includes implementation of programs, policies, and procedures for purposes of complying with state and federal laws such as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and the New York Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulation.
Moorari regularly counsels companies on California-specific financing topics, including new legislation impacting consumer and commercial lenders and lessors, and matters before the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI). He is the Chair of the Legislative and Regulatory Subcommittee of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA), whose membership includes more than 500 manufacturers, banks, and captive and independent leasing and finance companies.
Moorari started his career as a prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, spent several years in private practice and then worked in-house at Toyota Motor Credit Corporation for nine years, handling a range of commercial transactional and regulatory matters, before rejoining private practice in 2013. He is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Moorari Shah
- CFPB Sues Payment Platform Over Dark Patterns - (Posted On Thursday, October 27, 2022)
- Fifth Circuit Rules CFPB Funding Structure Unconstitutional in Next Turn of Litigation - (Posted On Thursday, October 27, 2022)
- CFPB Sues Payment Platform as the Crack Down on Dark Patterns Continues - (Posted On Thursday, October 20, 2022)
- CFPB Supervisory Examinations Find Violations by Student Loan Servicers and University-Owned Lenders - (Posted On Friday, October 07, 2022)
- 2021 CFPB Annual Report Shows Increase in Home Purchase Loans, Decrease in Refinancing - (Posted On Friday, September 23, 2022)
- FTC Reports Rise in “Dark Pattern” Tactics in Consumer Markets - (Posted On Friday, September 23, 2022)
- New York Publishes Proposed Rules on Commercial Financing Disclosures - (Posted On Friday, September 16, 2022)
- California Regulator Proposes Changes to Student Loan Servicing Laws - (Posted On Friday, September 16, 2022)
- Eleventh Circuit Dismisses Debt Collection Letter Case For Lack of Standing - (Posted On Friday, September 16, 2022)
- OCC Highlights Focus on Crypto and Bank-FinTech Partnerships, Anticipates Stricter Scrutiny Going Forward - (Posted On Thursday, September 15, 2022)