Neal Kaminsky > Haynes and Boone, L.L.P. > Houston, United States > Lawyer Profile
Haynes and Boone, L.L.P. Offices
1221 MCKINNEY STREET, SUITE 2100
HOUSTON
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Neal Kaminsky
Work Department
Finance; Real Estate Finance; Energy Finance; Midstream; Oilfield Services; Leveraged Financings; Asset- Based Lending; Private Credit Finance; Environmental and Social Governance (ESG)
Position
Partner
Chair – Finance Practice Group
Career
Neal’s practice includes representing domestic and foreign financial institutions, other lenders and borrowers in bilateral and syndicated financings involving unsecured and secured first lien, second lien and other subordinated debt transactions. He has closed financial transactions involving commercial lending, asset-based lending, energy lending, real estate lending, and the private bank lending markets. Neal has a deep understanding of advising, negotiating and documenting several phases of the lending transaction, from the front-end to loan restructuring, workout and foreclosure.
Education
J.D., South Texas College of Law Houston, 1994, Law Review
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
The derivatives team at Haynes and Boone, L.L.P. advises a broad range of clients, including international banks, private equity funds, hedge funds, and bank holding companies on securities, derivatives, and regulatory matters. Its derivatives expertise extends to hedging derivatives, over-the-counter products, and project finance-related hedging agreements. Practice head Neal Kaminsky is based in Houston and covers compliance with Dodd-France, CFTC, and FERC regulatory requirements. In New York, Giorgio Bovenzi specializes in global credit risk management regarding derivatives. He works alongside Matthew Frankle, a key contact regarding equity financing transactions such as swaps, options, and repurchase agreements, and Brian Sung, who focuses on derivatives and commodities markets, as well as alternatives investments and cryptocurrency. Based in Washington DC, Phil Lookadoo focuses on the energy and project finance derivatives space.
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Firm Rankings
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Industry focus > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Insurance: advice to policyholders
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Energy litigation: electric power
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Industry focus > Healthcare: life sciences
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)