Profile
Work Department
Position
Jennifer O'Connell is a debt capital markets partner focusing on structured products and derivatives with a particular emphasis on structured products designed for the retail marketplace.
Her practice covers structured products and derivatives across a wide range of asset classes including interest rates, credit, foreign exchange, equity and inflation. She also has a depth of experience in assisting with the implementation of new regulation. Drawing on her experience of working in-house, Jennifer is noted for her commercially-focused advice with one client commenting that she is “particularly practical and business friendly”. Her clients include leading investment banks, accountancy firms, large corporates and pension funds amongst others.
Languages
Education
LPC, Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, Oxford
DES (Master's Degree), Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva Switzerland
B.A., Georgetown University
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Testimonials
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‘Hogan Lovells has good expertise, embraces new technology and areas of relevance to our practice. They come to us with suggestions of alternative ways to staff or run projects, and we really appreciate their problem-solving, innovative approach to our work.’
‘Jennifer O'Connell is very knowledgeable across a broad range of products and runs a very tight ship with her associates. We know that she will be very hands-on and ensure that projects run efficiently and well.’
‘Great English and French law capabilities. They also have dual English-French qualified lawyers. Excellent core capital markets practice for our core capital markets requirements.’
‘Jennifer O'Connell is very pragmatic, result-oriented, and efficient.’
‘The team, since the first meeting, was very committed and knowledgeable. From the client perspective, I admired the clear communication, proactive and hands-on attitude, as well as their willingness to work on a quite tight schedule in order to meet the expectations.’
‘Jennifer O'Connell - great communication, great knowledge and market experience, Kaushik Karunakaran, very good cooperation, good understanding of client needs.’
Key clients
- African-Export Import Bank
- Bank of New York Mellon
- BNP Paribas
- Credit Agricole
- Goldman Sachs
- Leonteq
- Natixis
- Société Générale
- RiverRock European Capital Partners
- Teneo Financial Advisory