Eric Knight is a Manatt Financial Services associate in the Firm’s New York office. Eric advises banks, fintech companies, and other financial services providers on compliance with federal and state laws and regulations. Eric’s practice includes drafting bank-fintech partnership agreements, advising on consumer finance regulatory issues (including in connection with new product development and regulatory diligence), and advising commercial financing providers on regulatory issues including compliance with recently-enacted state law disclosure regimes. Eric also has considerable experience advising clients on compliance with state and federal money transmission laws. He also helps clients respond to inquiries and investigations by state and federal regulators.

Before joining Manatt, Eric was an associate at a boutique law firm advising financial services providers on federal and state regulatory, licensing and related matters.

During law school, Eric was a judicial intern for the Honorable Steven C. Mannion for the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey.