Mr Lary Stromfeld > Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP has strong senior bench of experienced municipal finance and municipal restructuring specialists. The firm operates on the creditor side and is further recognised for its expertise in municipal credit and securitization, along with distressed municipal credit risk. It has landed major roles in a series of significant municipal restructurings, including Jefferson County (Alabama), Detroit (Michigan), and Puerto Rico. It represented bond insurer Assured Guaranty in connection with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s restructuring of approximately $73bn of bond debt. Lary Stromfeld is a hugely experienced practitioner with wide-ranging experience in derivatives, through to public finance and municipal restructurings. Ivan Loncar is another prominent figure in municipal finance, including distressed municipal finance. Ingrid Bagby and Casey Servais are also noted for municipal bankruptcies. All named individuals are based in New York.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP‘s derivatives and structured products practice is a key point of contact for banks, investors, hedge funds, commodity pools, private equity funds, issuers and many other actors for expertise in the full range of asset classes and product types. The team fields heteregenous OTC derivative experience, having previously operated in caps, floors, forwards, swaps, and other options linked to equity, currency, interest rate, income, and other underlying asset classes. Ivan Loncar is a fields a strong track record in unfunded derivatives, such as interest rate and total return swaps, along with funded derivatives such as credit linked notes. He co-heads the team with Lary Stromfeld , who has extensive experience in credit derivatives, swaps and other transactions, along with a strong track record in ISDA and Dodd-Frank regulatory queries. Jed Miller is turned to by clients for his risk transfer expertise. Brian Foster’s practice encompasses OTC trades, forwards, swaps and equity derivatives, while Peter Malyshev is highly active in the cross-border OTC derivative transaction space, including including those involving fintech and digital assets. All lawyers mentioned are in New York.