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Deepak Sitlani

Deepak Sitlani

Work Department

Capital markets.

Position

Deepak is a Partner in the derivatves and structured products group. He is a specialist in structuring and documenting documenting of derivative transactions across the full spectrum of asset classes, including OTC equity derivatives, credit derivatives, interest rate and commodity derivatives. Deepak acts for a wide range of entities, including investment banks, corporates, investment managers, share scheme trustees and pension fund trustees. He has also acted for ISDA on Brexit, the EU Benchmark Regulation, the development of fallbacks to IBOR, the posting of Japanese collateral as initial margin, the 2011 Equity Derivatives Definitions and a template emerging markets equity option confirmation. He is a regular speaker on a wide range of derivatives topics as well as at ISDA sponsored conferences.

Career

Trained Clifford Chance; qualified 2000; equity derivatives transaction support, JP Morgan 1998-99; trainee solicitor Clifford Chance 2000; associate financial regulation department (derivatives), Linklaters 2002; associate derivatives and structured products department 2005; managing associate 2007; partner 2007 to date.

Languages

English; French

Education

King’s College London (LLB Law); Université de Paris I, La Sorbonne (Maîtrise French Law).

Mentions

Finance • London

Derivatives and structured products

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