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Haynes and Boone, L.L.P.
30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, 26TH FLOOR
NEW YORK
NEW YORK
United States

Work Department

Finance; Derivatives; Financial Regulatory; Margin Lending and Structured Equity; Commodities; Investment Management; Fintech Virtual Currency and Blockchain; Leveraged Financings; Multi- Currency/Cross Border Financings

Position

Partner

Career

Brain’s concentrates his practice in the areas of derivatives, commodities, prime brokerage, structured equity/margin lending, cryptocurrency financing and other alternative investments. He represents banks, hedge funds and other financial institutions, borrowers, institutional investors and other corporate entities, as well as cryptocurrency trading entities and funds in connection with a variety of derivatives, hedging, structured products, repos, securities lending, margin loan, structured equity financing, commodities and other financing transactions and in providing related regulatory and interpretive advice. B

Languages

English, Korean, Spanish

Education

J.D., Columbia Law School, 2000, Managing Editor, Journal of Transnational Law; Parker Certificate (Achievement in International Law)

Lawyer Rankings

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

(Next Generation Partners)

Brian SungHaynes and Boone, L.L.P.

Counting international banks and other financial institutions among its key roster of clients, Haynes and Boone, L.L.P. handles a range of derivatives, including commodity and energy-related swaps, in addition to over-the-counter products, hedging agreements and regulatory matters. Praised for his ‘business-side experience’, Matthew Frankle represents banks and broker-dealers in equity financing transactions, while Brian Sung focuses on derivatives and commodities transactions, with demonstrable experience in cryptocurrency. Energy expert Phil Lookadoo has a strong Dodd-Frank Act and CFTC regulatory compliance practice, and Giorgio Bovenzi advises international banks on cross-border structuring of financial products. Practice heads Todd Cubbage and Monika Sanford (Singh) operate from the firm’s Charlotte and Austin offices respectively, and Houston’s Kim Mai is another key contact in the group. All named partners are based in the firm’s New York office, unless stated otherwise.