The team at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is well-equipped to advise both buy-side and sell-side clients on derivatives instruments and transactions. The practice is primarily handling regulatory compliance, hedging transactions, and acquisition financings, with notable activity in the digital assets and cryptocurrency industries. Manuel Frey heads up the offering, with expertise in cross-border OTC derivatives, hedging arrangements, credit risk transfers, and regulatory matters, and he regularly advises investment funds and global financial institutions. Kerri Durso is engaged in matters involving total return swaps, data center infrastructure financings and bankruptcy-related matters. Hilary Christian is experienced in significant risk transfer transactions and repo-based leverage transactions. Sean Anderson specializes in the regulatory aspects of derivatives and structured products transactions. All lawyers mentioned are based in New York.
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Practice head

Manuel Frey

Other key lawyers

Kerri Durso; Hilary Christian; Sean Anderson