Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP‘s derivatives offering remains a cornerstone of the market for regulatory and policy related advice, alongside a diverse array of transactional expertise encompassing equity, commodity and credit derivatives, interest rate and currency hedging and total return products. Washington DC-based Jeffrey Steiner heads the practice, and is a key member of the team for complex regulatory matters, having previously been retained for domestic and cross-jurisdictional compliance, SEC and CFTC-related matters. In New York, Darius Mehraban is sought after by clients for his expertise in transactional matters, especially hedging, total returns and synthetic debt products, and is frequently accompanied by Adam Lapidus..
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Accolades
Client satisfaction
Key clients
- Coalition for Derivatives End-Users
- International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA)
- Honeywell International
- Aflac Asset Management LLC
- BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group
Work highlights
- Advised Aflac on derivatives regulatory and transactional matters.
- Advising Coalition for Derivatives End-Users, which has roughly 300 active company and trade association members, working on both legislative and regulatory fronts to help protect interests of end-user companies in the debate over appropriate regulation of derivatives under Title VII of Dodd-Frank, EMIR, Canadian derivatives laws and other global rules.
- Advised BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group in its sale of 8 million carbon removal credits to Microsoft.
Lawyers
Practice head
Jeffrey L. Steiner
Other key lawyers
Darius Mehraban; Adam Lapidus