Ms Carolyn Jackson > Katten > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Katten Offices
PATERNOSTER HOUSE
65 ST PAUL'S CHURCHYARD
LONDON
EC4M 8AB
England
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Ms Carolyn Jackson
Work Department
Financial Markets and Funds
Position
Carolyn Jackson helps clients solve complex cross-border issues involving the regulation of financial institutions and financial products, including derivatives. Carolyn’s depth of knowledge and practical approach are shaped by her first-hand experience: she managed the New York trading desk of several investment banks and was formerly the executive director of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Trading firms, banks, asset managers, clearing houses and trading venues rely on her to find creative-yet-sensible solutions.
Clients with international financial operations regularly face cross-border regulatory challenges. Carolyn is adept at solving these compliance puzzles, which often involve adherence to the Dodd-Frank Act, the European Market Infrastructure Regulation and other foreign financial laws. When necessary, she crafts innovative solutions by restructuring financial products or business operations or by obtaining regulatory relief.
Carolyn doesn’t see most regulations as obstacles. When a US stock exchange’s acquisition of a foreign clearing house created issues under Dodd-Frank, she worked with the client to restructure operations to eliminate these issues. For another foreign client concerned about the effect of Brexit on its trading business, Carolyn helped it set up new structures and compliance systems to continue its operations. She also helps clients with day-to-day compliance issues, including, for instance, creating multijurisdictional employee-training programs.
As both a New York and English qualified lawyer, Carolyn is well placed to address cross-border financial regulatory issues.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Derivatives and structured products
Katten is known for its ‘deep knowledge of the international regulatory environment coupled with a strong understanding and appreciation of clients’ commercial objectives‘, and clients praise the ‘responsiveness and effectiveness of advice‘. The firm is well versed in both exchange-traded and OTC derivatives transactions, on which it advises both sell-side and buy-side clients. The firm is also a key adviser on regulatory matters affecting the derivatives market, including MiFIR, Dodd-Frank and EMIR. Carolyn Jackson, who is a former manager of the New York trading desk of several investment banks and the former executive director of ISDA, Nathaniel Lalone (who has ‘unique knowledge of US, UK and European regulation‘) and Neil Robson are the key financial markets regulatory partners in London.
London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
Katten is well-placed to leverage its transatlantic footprint to act for exchanges, clearing houses, broker-dealers, proprietary trading companies, investment funds and asset managers on a broad range of financial service regulatory mandates. Carolyn Jackson ‘is an excellent and knowledgeable lawyer in the field of derivatives regulation’, in addition to advising on matters concerning the Dodd-Frank Act and EMIR. Other key contacts in the group include Nathaniel Lalone and Neil Robson.
Lawyer Rankings
- Derivatives and structured products London > Finance
- Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory London > Corporate and commercial