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.

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Key clients

Intercontinental Exchange
Citigroup
Morgan Stanley
Bank of America
Wells Fargo

Work highlights

Acting for Intercontinental Exchange and its subsidiaries in a wide range of matters, including the ongoing development of their swap and futures clearing organizations, and trading facilities and platforms.
Advising Citigroup and its affiliates globally regarding implementation of variation margin and initial margin arrangements in respect of uncleared swaps.

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