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Witold Balaban

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Witold Balaban is recognized by leading global financial institution clients for his knowledge of the equity markets and the various financial products developed over the last couple of decades to enable corporate clients to restructure their balance sheets and to finance, monetize, and/or hedge large concentrated equity positions. Witold’s market knowledge and his technical product experience makes him the go-to person for structuring complex and first-of-its-kind equity-linked transactions spanning a number of jurisdictions.

Witold advises clients on financing strategies relating to concentrated equity positions and on balance sheet restructuring transactions, including:

    • Convertible and exchangeable bond offerings (both optional and mandatory, including trust-issued mandatory exchangeables) and related call spread overlays
    • Convertible bond exchanges and related call spread unwinds
    • Structured margin loans
    • Various other equity-based financing, hedging, and monetization transactions, such as funded collars, variable prepaid forwards, covered calls, and combinations of the foregoing
    • Fixed and variable share forward sales and related equity offerings, including registered and Rule 144 exempt block sales and at-the-market (ATM) offerings
    • Structured issuer share repurchase transactions

Witold has held a number of leadership roles at the firm, including as former Global Co-Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Financial Institutions Industry Group. He is also the former Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Capital Markets Practice. In this role, Witold focused on building and marketing Latham’s unique global capital markets offering that provides the firm’s global financial institution clients with integrated, top-tier financial regulatory coverage spanning the US, the UK, the EU, and Asia.

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

(Hall of Fame)

Witold Balaban  – Latham & Watkins LLP

The derivatives and structured products department at Latham & Watkins LLP is a strong choice for clients requiring expertise in the full gamut of OTC, futures, options, swaps, and other exchange-traded derivative contracts, along with considerable international expertise in derivative regulations. The team is The team’s strength in equity-linked products and OTC derivatives is complemented by a strong track record in the fintech and digital asset space, including cryptocurrency, digital assets, and blockchain products. The team is headed by its New York-based partners, which includes Yvette Valdez, who is well-regarded for her expertise in crypto derivatives, complex digital assets, and distributed ledger technology. Rafal Gawlowski is a key member of the team for unconventional derivative products, including accelerated forwards, call spread overlays, and various transactions linked to the equity market . Witold Balaban includes JP Morgan, UBS, Goldman Sachs as others among his portfolio of clients for his expertise in the OTC derivatives market. Doug Yatter is a point of contact for contentious matters and investigations requiring expertise in CFTC regulation, while Courtenay Myers Lima is experienced in note issuance programs, commercial paper and initial public offerings. Reza Mojtabaee-Zamani and Catherine Lee are also key members of the team.

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