Giorgio Bovenzi > Haynes and Boone, L.L.P. > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

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

Work Department

Finance; Financial Regulatory; Restructuring; Corporate; International; Margin Lending and Structured Equity; Derivatives

Position

Partner

Career

Giorgio Bovenzi is a finance and restructuring lawyer and leads Haynes and Boone’s Global Credit Risk Management practice. He advises clients on commercial, banking and insolvency law in the context of financial market transactions, providing analysis and implementation of arrangements designed to mitigate credit risk and adverse regulatory capital implications across multiple jurisdictions. He recently expanded the scope of his practice to include digital assets and their credit and regulatory implications. Giorgio’s practice relies on 25 years of experience in credit, banking, regulatory, derivatives and insolvency law in multiple jurisdictions around the world.

After graduating in Italy from the Universita’ degli Studi di Napoli Federico II – Law School and practicing as a litigator in Italy, Giorgio obtained a Master of Comparative Jurisprudence from New York University School of Law in 1995 and, after a judicial clerkship with the Hon. Donald C. Pogue at the U.S. Court of International Trade and then admission to the New York Bar, he started to practice in the United States.  Before joining Haynes and Boone in 2019, Giorgio practiced at Wall Street law firms in New York City.

Languages

English, Italian

Memberships

International Bar Association, Banking Law Committee (Officer)
American Bankruptcy Institute
INSOL International

Education

LL.M., New York University School of Law, 1995

J.D. Equivalent, University of Naples Federico II School of Law, 1988

Lawyer Rankings

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

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.

United States > Finance > Financial services regulation

The financial services regulation practice at Haynes and Boone, L.L.P. offers ‘broad expertise‘ in global credit risk management, margin regulation and derivates and commodities work. Charlotte-based Todd Cubbage shares leadership of the team with Monika Sanford, who works out of the firm’s Austin office; in New York, credit risk management expert and ‘highly effective and knowledgeable’ Giorgio Bovenzi is another standout, working alongside managing partner and executive committee member Craig Unterberg, whose practice revolves around margin regulatory work and structured equity.