Robert DiNardo 

Special Counsel – New York
T.+1 212 504 6142
robert.dinardo@cwt.com
200 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10281 V-CARD

Robert DiNardo is a special counsel in the Financial Services Group, where he advises leading investment banks, fund managers, and financial institutions on the structuring, negotiation, and execution of complex derivatives and structured financing transactions. His practice spans a broad spectrum of trading, risk management, credit enhancement, and capital relief structures, with a particular focus on innovative financing and hedging solutions that integrate securitization techniques and derivative products.

With extensive experience in derivatives and structured finance, Robert counsels clients on a wide array of transactions, including interest rate and currency hedging—such as deal-contingent hedging transactions linked to M&A, project finance, reinsurance and restructuring transactions—as well as capital relief trades, risk syndication transactions, credit default swaps (including tranched portfolio CDS), total return swaps, and other funded and unfunded derivative instruments. He regularly acts as deal counsel for both sell-side and buy-side clients, structuring and documenting transactions that address complex regulatory, bankruptcy, tax and capital considerations.

Robert also has substantial experience in repo financing, risk retention financing, secured and unsecured credit facilities, synthetic securitizations, credit-linked notes, and other credit-risk transfer products. His deep understanding of these markets enables him to craft bespoke financing structures that optimize risk allocation, regulatory capital efficiency, and liquidity management.

Robert earned his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, his M.B.A. from Fordham University Graduate School of Business, and his B.S. from Fordham University.

Robert DiNardo 

Admissions

  • New York
  • New Jersey

Education

  • Fordham University
    B.S.
  • Fordham University
    M.B.A.
  • Fordham University School of Law
    J.D.