Overview
Brendan Radke is senior counsel and a member of Chapman's Banking and Financial Services Department and Public and Institutional Banking & Finance Group. He focuses his practice on representing foreign and domestic financial institutions that provide credit enhancement and liquidity support for tax-exempt financings for municipal, health care, higher education, and not-for-profit borrowers.
Brendan’s background spans both transactional work and litigation. Prior to joining Chapman, he practiced law in the legal department of a cryptocurrency exchange and at Am Law 100 firms, where he handled complex commercial and securities litigation, regulatory compliance, and transactional support for financial products and services, including digital assets and mortgage-backed securities.
Admitted
California
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Education
University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2010
- Managing Editor, Virginia Environmental Law Journal
College of the Holy Cross, B.A., English, 2004
Insights
Publications
Co-Author, "Taming a Strange New Beast: Securities Regulators Take on Digital Currency," Boston Bar Journal, Spring 2019 Vol. 63, June 6, 2019
