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Latham & Watkins LLP
1271 Avenue of the Americas
NEW YORK
NY 10020
United States
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Position

Witold Balaban is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Balaban is global Co-chair of the firm’s Capital Markets Practice and the firm’s Financial Institutions Industry Group, and is a member of the Corporate Department and Derivatives Practice. He focuses in particular on equity derivatives and equity-linked products, including convertible and exchangeable bond offerings (both optional and mandatory) and related equity derivatives products (such as call spread overlays and issuer or affiliate borrow facilities), fixed and variable share forward sales and related equity offerings, issuer share repurchase transactions, hedging and monetization transactions (including equity-based finance transactions) and structured products distributed publicly and privately.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products

(Hall of Fame)

Witold Balaban  – Latham & Watkins LLP

The ‘wonderful’ team at Latham & Watkins LLP assists clients on matters ranging from OTC derivatives to margin loan transactions and equity-linked structured products. It is also well-positioned to assist clients in investigation and litigation matters concerning CFTC regulations. Its industry expertise includes the burgeoning fintech and digital assets space. Yvette Valdez, head of the regulatory practice, is well-versed in regulatory matters concerning derivatives, including those relating to crypto-assets as well as bespoke and complex financial and market infrastructure solutions. ‘Incredible’ Rafal Gawlowski has extensive experience in equity-linked capital markets, structured repurchase, hedging and derivative financing transactions as well as compliance issues surrounding equity derivatives. With ‘strong expertise in the corporate equity derivatives space’, Witold Balaban advises top investment banks and financial institutions across an array of equity-linked products. Doug Yatter expertly covers investigation and enforcement matters, including complex litigation, for banks, hedge funds, fintech companies and cryptocurrency platforms. Courtenay Myers Lima is noted for novel structured products structuring and distribution for professional and retail investors. Each lawyer highlighted practices in New York.