OTC Derivatives

Cadwalader has "an especially broad and deep team which allows it to represent market players on both the buy and sell side" and "both strong regulatory and transactional expertise." - Chambers USA

Cadwalader represents significant market participants on both the “sell" and “buy” sides. Our derivatives work covers a full range of products in terms of structures, underlying asset classes and governing regulatory regimes, including those set forth by the CFTC and the SEC. As a result, our practitioners have an extraordinary understanding of the competitive and regulatory landscape and special concerns of the full range of markets and market participants.

We regularly assist our clients in the structuring and development of a full spectrum of customized derivative products and transactions, including fixed income-, equity-, index-, currency, and rates and hedge fund and mutual fund - linked swaps, forwards, notes, warrants, caps, floors, collars, total return instruments, options as well as credit derivatives, mortgage-backed and asset-backed derivatives, municipal derivatives, exotic options, emerging market swaps, convertible bond swaps, cleared derivatives agreements, futures contracts, forward delivery contracts, guaranteed investment contracts, securities and other instruments with embedded derivatives (such as structured notes), and other special situation derivative instruments  

We are also experienced in combining securitization and derivatives technologies to structure and develop products tailored to achieve specific client objectives, including programs to insure swap portfolios, loop debt defeasance structures, and other diverse products. We represent various dealers in connection with their swap trust asset repackaging programs and also act as counsel on numerous derivative business combination transactions involving "joint ventures" between derivatives dealers and credit enhancers, insurer "wraps" of derivatives dealers' derivative books and development of "AAA" derivative subsidiaries.

Our clients include:

  • U.S. and international commercial and investment banks and broker-dealers;
  • Investment advisers, money managers and other buy-side investors;
  • Hedge funds, private equity funds and pension funds;
  • Registered investment companies;
  • Electronic trading platforms and trade compression companies and private/public commodity pools;
  • Financial products companies and monoline insurers;
  • Government sponsored enterprises; and 
  • Industry groups and trade associations.

20 Attorneys

Bartlett, Maurine R. Senior Counsel Charlotte
T. +1 212 504 6218
Calves, Patrick A. Partner New York
T. +1 212 504 5557
Damianova, Assia Special Counsel London
T. +44 (0) 20 7170 8564
DiNardo, Robert Special Counsel New York
T. +1 212 504 6142
Ena, Michael Counsel New York
T. +1 212 504 6870
Foster, Brian Partner New York
T. +1 212 504 6736
Gellman, Michelle Associate New York
T. +1 212 504 6160
Gingold, David S. Partner New York
T. +1 212 504 6386
Goldstein, Stuart N. Partner Charlotte
T. +1 704 348 5258
New York
T. +1 212 504 6316
Linares, Francisco J. Special Counsel Charlotte
T. +1 704 348 5155
Loncar, Ivan Partner New York
T. +1 212 504 6339
Malyshev, Peter Y. Partner Washington
T. +1 202 862 2474
McDonnell, James Thomas Associate New York
T. +1 212 504 5590
Miller, Jed Partner New York
T. +1 212 504 6821
Quinn, Patrick T. Managing Partner New York
T. +1 212 504 6067
Quirolo, David Partner London
T. +44 (0) 20 7170 8635
Schetman, Richard M. Senior Counsel New York
T. +1 212 504 6906
Shiren, Nick Partner London
T. +44 (0) 20 7170 8778
Dublin
T. +353 (0) 1 2478050
Stromfeld, Lary Partner New York
T. +1 212 504 6291
Weidner, Neil J. Partner New York
T. +1 212 504 6065