Bio
Paul Shur is a Partner in the Firm’s Financial Services Group. With over three decades of transactional and litigation-based commercial finance experience, Paul represents banks and privately-held financial institutions across a broad range of asset-based finance, creditors rights and debt restructuring matters. His practice also encompasses title insurance defense and real estate-secured transactions, with an emphasis on the Uniform Commercial Code.
Paul has written extensively on commercial finance topics, including the specific requirements concerning e-signatures and e-documents, and issues related to commercial transactions, second lien financing, Uniform Commercial Code, equipment finance, and loan participation. Additionally, he is a frequent speaker at industry seminars and conferences throughout New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania on commercial finance topics for clients and continuing legal education.
Paul is a Fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Attorneys and serves as Education Chair and Board Member of the New York Institute of Credit and the New Jersey and New York Chapters of the Secured Finance Network.
Paul earned his J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law and his B.A. in History from Rutgers University. Prior to joining Riker Danzig, he practiced at a prominent commercial law firm, where he served as the head of their Banking and Finance group.
Bar Admissions
Florida
New Jersey
New York
United States District Court, District of New Jersey
United States District Court, Southern District of New York
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States
Education
Rutgers University School of Law - Camden, J.D., 1977
Rutgers University, B.A. in History, 1974
Professional Activities
Fellow, American College of Commercial Finance Attorneys
Education Chair, Commercial Finance Association, New Jersey and New York Chapters
Board of Directors, New York Institute of Credit
Board of Directors, New Jersey Turnaround Management Association
Rankings & Recognitions
Paul has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America® for Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law and Litigation – Banking and Finance from 2007 to present. In addition, Paul received the Best Lawyers® 2017 Banking and Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” award in New York City and 2018 Banking and Finance “Lawyer of the Year” award in New Jersey in 2018.
Since 2020, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, has recognized Paul in the Banking and Finance field in New Jersey. Paul also was recognized by Chambers USA for Corporate/M&A in New Jersey from 2009-2020.
Thomson Reuters has included Paul on New York and New Jersey’s “Super Lawyers” list for Banking and Creditor Debtor Rights from 2009 – present.
Creation by New York Chapter of Secured Finance Network of annual “Paul H. Shur Merit Scholarship,” 2024
Recipient, The 47th Annual Leadership in Credit Education Award, New York Institute of Credit 103rd Annual Banquet Awards, 2023
See Awards and Honors Methodology. No aspect of this announcement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
