Elizabeth Lan Davis

Liz co-chairs the firm’s national financial services practice. With nearly two decades of federal government experience at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and U.S. Department of Justice, Liz has the insights and perspective to effectively advocate on behalf of her clients before the CFTC, DOJ, Internal Revenue Service, Securities and Exchange Commission, National Futures Association, and exchanges such as CME and ICE.

Liz represents individuals and corporate entities in financial services examinations, regulatory investigations and litigation, and white-collar matters. Her wide-ranging clients include financial institutions, proprietary trading firms, agricultural and energy firms, futures commission merchants, fintech firms, digital asset exchanges, commodity pools, and commodity trading advisors. Liz’s depth of government experience allows her to handle government investigations efficiently and resolve civil and criminal matters in a way that significantly reduces penalties sought by the government, while zealously advocating on behalf of her clients in litigation. She also works with companies to conduct cost-effective internal investigations.