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Cody McDavis

Cody McDavis is an attorney in Vedder’s Global Transportation Finance group, where he focuses on aviation and equipment finance transactions involving advanced, data-enabled assets, including eVTOL aircraft. He regularly advises on structuring and documentation issues relating to data ownership, regulatory compliance, and cybersecurity risk in domestic and cross-border financings.