Profile

Professional Experience

As a partner in the Maryland office, Latif helps cutting edge financial services providers and investors navigate a constantly evolving regulatory landscape through guidance specifically tailored to each client’s unique needs and vision. Latif works closely with financial services providers at various stages of development, including sales finance companies, FinTech platforms, legal funding companies and small business funding providers, to build and strategically grow their operations in compliance with state and federal standards. Latif also advises investors in financial services and financial services providers, across all asset classes, leveraging his regulatory compliance experience to both identify potential regulatory risk and provide recommendations for mitigating it.

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Latif earned his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from Skidmore College, receiving the 2003 English Department Award for Creative Writing.

He is Business Law Today’s Executive Editor for Banking Law, Consumer Finance Law, Labor & Employment Law, and Tax Law, as well as part of the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section since September 2020. He is also a member of the Alternative Finance Bar Association and the ABA Business Law Section. Previously, Latif served as the Young Lawyer Liaison for the Federal and State Trade Practices Sub-committee of the ABA’s Consumer Financial Services Committee from 2018 – 2020. Latif is licensed to practice in New York, Maryland, and Massachusetts.

Latif is committed to helping his clients navigate the intricacies of consumer finance and funding programs while ensuring compliance with ever-changing legal requirements.

Born and raised in Boston, and spending summers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Latif now makes his home in Baltimore proper. Latif is an avid weightlifter and maintains a keen interest in Russian literature and film noir.