Mr Azam Aziz > A&O Shearman > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

A&O Shearman
599 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10022-6069
NEW YORK
United States

Work Department

Derivatives & Structured Products

Position

Partner

Career

Azam is US Head of International DCM, Derivatives & Securitization and Private Capital Sector Lead.

He focuses on the structuring and documentation of complex over-the-counter derivatives products for banks, collective investment vehicles and other financial market participants.

He also focuses on counseling alternative asset managers regarding regulatory developments, risk management and hedge fund formation. Azam has extensive experience drafting and negotiating highly structured trading relationships for a wide variety of products.

Azam represents hedge funds and other alternative asset managers, major financial institutions, as well as large corporate clients.

Lawyer Rankings

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

A&O Shearman supports a wide spread of domestic and international clients in derivatives and structured products matters, such as swap dealers, hedge funds, corporations and market infrastructure providers. Donna Parisi leads the team, guiding clients through the OTC derivatives transactions in a broad spectrum of asset classes, with a particular specialty in fintech matters. Azam Aziz focuses his practice on advising financial institutions on the structuring and documentation of complex OTC derivatives. Geoffrey Goldman specializes in credit and equity OTC derivatives as well as being knowledgeable in structured product transactions, including cash-flow and synthetic CDO transactions. Kerri Durso was promoted to partner in July 2023. All lawyers mentioned are in New York.