Mehak Rashid
Panelist
Mehak Rashid is a partner at Legal Scale. Her practice primarily focuses on representation of private credit funds and corporate borrowers in a wide range of financing transactions, including asset-based, leveraged acquisition, working capital and factoring financings, and other secured and unsecured financings. She also assists with general corporate work for her clients. Mehak is often described as mission-oriented by her clients and prides herself on being very detail-focused. She brings a Biglaw approach to innovative niches.
Prior to joining Legal Scale, Mehak worked in the Finance Group and M&A Group at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, a group that ranks Tier 1 for Banking and Finance in the US year over year. In addition, Mehak was also selected for a secondment in the Strategic Lending Group at Morgan Stanley. During her time at Morgan Stanley, she created and presented financial models to the Credit Committee and reviewed and negotiated credit agreements.
Mehak received her J.D. and M.B.A. from Cornell Law School and her B.A. in Political Science and Math from Rutgers University (New Brunswick). She is admitted to the bar in New York, New Jersey, D.C., Connecticut and Massachusetts. Mehak is based out of New York City, NY.
Wednesday March 6, 2024
Asset Backed Lenders for Venture-Backed Companies
- Benefits of asset-backed lenders for venture-backed companies
- How asset-based lending provides working capital based on assets rather than credit history
- Ways startups can use asset-backed lenders to support expansion