Ms Kerri Durso > Shearman & Sterling LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Ms Kerri Durso
Work Department
Derivatives & Structured Products
Position
Counsel
Career
Kerri Durso is counsel in Derivatives & Structured Products practice.
Ms. Durso has extensive experience representing buy-side, sell-side, derivatives clearinghouses and other end-user market participants in the structuring and documentation of complex over-the-counter and exchange-traded derivatives transactions, as well as negotiating triparty arrangements, segregating collateral. She has assisted clients in the negotiation and documentation of OTC derivative transactions across all asset classes. Ms. Durso also advises on investment management matters, including the representation of U.S. and non-U.S. investment advisory firms and investment funds. She regularly advises market participants with respect to commodities and other regulatory issues related to derivatives and other financial products, including implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act and other regulatory reforms.
Memberships
New York
Education
J.D., magna cum laude
B.A. in Political Science, cum laude
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
Shearman & Sterling LLP focuses on complex cross-border derivatives and structured products mandates, often acting on behalf of US and global financial institutions, corporations, and hedge and private equity funds. Its broad range of work extends to niche specialisms such as crypto-asset derivatives, advising banks on trading issues and custody concerning crypto and digital assets, and advising fintech corporates on regulatory compliance. Based in New York, derivatives team leader Donna Parisi
is a key asset regarding derivatives, securitization, and structured products, with particular strengths in the options market and exchange-traded futures. She works alongside Geoffrey Goldman and Kerri Durso, both experts in structuring and documenting over-the-counter derivatives.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Industry focus > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Industry focus > Energy transactions: electric power
- Industry focus > Energy: renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Project finance