Experience/Services
Documentation
- Bespoke transactions
- Master agreements for trading over-the-counter derivatives
- Prime brokerage documentation
- Futures agreements
- Execution and clearing arrangements
- Collateral segregation arrangements
- Advising on industry practices
- Documentation audits and recommendations for improved legal risk management
- Dynamic databases of documentation provisions
Complex transactions with embedded derivatives
- Structuring, negotiating and documenting transactions
- Regulatory advice
- Tax advice
Regulatory
- Advice on new products and structures
- Advice on legislative and regulatory changes, including under Dodd-Frank
- Regulatory monitoring
- Preparation of comment letters
- Requests for regulatory consents and exemptions
- Preparation of compliance manuals and guidelines
- Response to regulatory audits
Insolvency and dispute resolution
- Advice on consequences of insolvency
- Advice on unwinding transactions and products
- Representation in bankruptcy proceedings
- Advice on dispute resolution
- Litigation
- Mediation and arbitration
Governmental investigations
- Representation in governmental investigations
- Representation before governmental bodies
Accolades
Our Derivatives Group includes individuals with substantial experience in financial services who have served as external counsel and internal counsel for dealers and end-users and who have held positions with the CFTC, the SEC, the IRS and federal banking regulators. We are active in many industry associations, including the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), Futures Industry Association, American Bar Association’s Derivatives and Futures Law Committee, New York City Bar Association’s Futures and Derivatives Regulation Committee, International Energy Credit Association and Managed Funds Association.
Bringing Value to Our Clients
Every client is unique. We team with each of our clients to craft practical approaches and individual solutions that address the client’s legal concerns and business realities. We have worked with derivatives in a wide variety of contexts, and we have hands-on experience with the internal processes and market practices surrounding derivatives products. As a result, we bring perspective and judgment to our clients as they respond to the ever-changing environment for derivatives.