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EC2N 4AG
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Jason Brooks
Work Department
Corporate Department
Position
Jason Brooks is a partner in the Structured Credit practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. He advises leading investment and retail banks as well as other financial institutions and corporates on a wide range of derivatives and structured products.
Mr. Brooks specializes in derivative-linked and asset-backed securities and advises on both wholesale and retail structured product offerings linked to a wide range of asset classes including credit, equities, funds, commodities, indices, and rates.
Mr. Brooks also advises on repos, securities lending, collateral structures, and netting. He is currently advising clients on the impact of EMIR and other regulations relating to derivatives and structured products.
Education
- J.D., University of Toronto
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Derivatives and structured products
(Leading partners)Best known for its CLO practice, Paul Hastings LLP also has a strong flow of derivatives and structured products work, and it is praised for its ‘great client care skills, and excellent technical knowledge‘. Practice head Jason Brooks, who is ‘a superstar – highly responsive, commercially minded and very bright‘, is leading the firm’s push into derivative-linked and asset-based securities work for investment and retail banks, financial institutions, and corporates. The firm’s work on bespoke structured vehicles includes a high-profile risk retention fund practice built by Christian Parker and Cameron Saylor, who frequently act for large private equity clients.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Derivatives and structured products London > Finance
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Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Industry focus > TMT
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Real estate > Property finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Employment > Employers
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration