Robert McLaughlin > Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Robert McLaughlin

Work Department
Corporate, Asset Management, Financial Services, Derivatives
Position
Mr. McLaughlin is a corporate partner and head of the Firm’s Derivatives Practice. He is a leading practitioner in derivative transactions of all types, including futures, over-the-counter derivatives and cleared swaps, as well as related collateral, guarantee, custody and other credit support arrangements. He also maintains a leading practice in repurchase, securities lending and prime brokerage and other types of trading agreements, as well as structured products, synthetic equity and fund-linked investments, credit extensions, loan trading and derivatives claim trading. His clients include hedge funds, private equity funds, investment management firms, investment and commercial banks, mutual funds, individual investors, corporations and government-sponsored entities. Mr. McLaughlin regularly advises market participants on legislative and regulatory developments concerning futures, derivatives, cleared swaps, bankruptcy and insolvency safe harbors, and market structure and facilities.
Career
Mr. McLaughlin is the author of Over-the-Counter Derivative Products: A Guide to Business and Legal Risk Management and Documentation (McGraw-Hill, 1999) and the chapter “Risk Management and Fiduciary Duties” in Risk Management: Foundations for a Changing Financial World (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010). He is a member of the Board of Editors of Futures & Derivatives Law Report. In addition to his frequent derivatives industry presentations, Mr. McLaughlin has been a guest lecturer on derivatives and risk management at Fordham University School of Law.
Memberships
From 2015 – 2018, Mr. McLaughlin served as Chair of the Futures & Derivatives Committee of New York City Bar (City Bar). Since 2004, he has been Chair or Co-Chair of more than a dozen City Bar programs, including the Futures & Derivatives Committee’s annual conference. Recently, Mr. McLaughlin moderated several panels on the transition away from LIBOR for the City Bar, Fried Frank and Strafford. Mr. McLaughlin is a member of ISDA.
Education
Mr. McLaughlin received his JD from New York University School of Law in 1983 and his AB from Dartmouth College in 1979, with highest honors.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Government > Government contracts
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense