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Michael Hardy
Position
Michael Hardy is a partner in the Hong Kong office of Latham & Watkins. He is a member of the Derivatives and Structured Finance Practices.
Mr. Hardy advises on a range of structured finance and derivatives transactions, including securitizations, structured credit and equity derivatives, securities lending and repo arrangements, repackagings, and structured hedging arrangements. His clients include asset accumulators / private equity funds, banks, other financial institutions, and financial market infrastructures (FMIs). He also advises in relation to regulatory capital, insolvency issues, clearing documentation, netting arrangements, derivatives regulation, and recovery and resolution. Mr. Hardy regularly speaks at derivatives and securitisation industry conferences, seminars, and meetings.
Lawyer Rankings
Hong Kong > Structured finance and securitisation
Leveraging strong banking relationships and also gaining visibility on the investor front, Latham & Watkins LLP
‘s increasingly balanced practice is particularly skilled at advising on sophisticated cross-border securitisation and derivatives mandates, often working alongside practitioners throughout the firm’s global network. Particularly strong on the equity front, team head Posit Laohaphan regularly advises on equity-linked securities and OTC equity derivatives, as well as being adept at structured finance transactions, including margin loans. Other key members of the team include Michael Hardy, who regularly advises on complex securitisation transactions as part of his eclectic structured finance offering, and Derek Chua, who combines regulatory and transactional strength to good effect for stakeholders engaged in a myriad derivatives/structured finance mandates, including on the establishment of repackaging programs and on convertible and exchangeable bond transactions.