Erin Hardtke

Erin Hardtke is senior counsel and a member of Chapman’s Asset Securitization Department. She represents lenders and borrowers in complex structured financings with particular focus on the fintech sector. Erin represents lenders to fintech lenders as well as fintech originators as borrowers in financings secured by various types of fintech assets, including consumer and small business loans, merchant cash advances, and credit card receivables.

Erin began her legal career at Chapman and served both as in-house counsel and as a lawyer in Am Law 100 firms before returning to Chapman. Her experience includes working in-house at national financial institutions and an international payment card services provider, and with other global finance practice groups at law firms representing commercial banks and direct lenders in middle-market leverage finance transactions.