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Mr Chris Arnold
Work Department
Banking & Finance
Position
Chris Arnold is a partner in the Derivatives & Structured Products practice of the London office. Dual-qualified in English and New York law, Chris has more than a decade of experience across a broad range of capital markets and structured finance transactions, with a particular focus on derivatives and structured products. He has advised on numerous complex derivatives for leading market participants and has also been involved in many high-profile industry initiatives. Chris acts for the world’s leading investment banks, as well as other financial institutions, end users, trustees, service providers and industry groups. His practice covers derivatives, repos, securities lending, structured securities and other risk transfer agreements linked to interest rates, foreign exchange, corporate and sovereign credit, equities, commodities, funds, insurance risks and strategic indices. He also advises institutions on European and US regulation of OTC derivatives markets and legal risk management, including situations involving distressed transactions. He is a regular speaker on derivatives documentation and regulation and has spoken at numerous conferences around the globe.
Career
Prior to joining Mayer Brown in 2010, Chris worked in the London and New York offices of another large international law firm and spent six months on secondment to Goldman Sachs. Admissions: England and Wales New York
Languages
English
Education
Nottingham Law School; Legal Practice Course (Distinction) University of Nottingham; LLB (Hons)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Derivatives and structured products
(Leading individuals)Mayer Brown International LLP is regarded as having one of the leading derivatives practices in London, and it has a stellar client roster. The firm is a key adviser to Bank of America on derivatives and repo financing transactions, and continues to assist global banks with LIBOR transition matters. Acknowledged derivatives expert Edmund Parker is head of a four-partner group following the recruitment of Musonda Kapotwe from Barclays, who joins the vastly experienced Chris Arnold and the newly promoted Nanak Keswani. Kapotwe has significant transactional experience advising on the impact of UK financial services regulation on banking, capital markets and derivative transactions. A key strand of Arnold’s work is acting as counsel to ISDA, which has recently included advice on issues arising in the derivatives market as a result of the global imposition of sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He also acted for regular client BNP Paribas on on a first-to-market ESG-linked repo transaction with Italian lender Cassa depositi e prestiti S.p.A.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Derivatives and structured products London > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Finance > High yield
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > TMT
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+