Crefovi supports clients to achieve their business objectives through careful, commercially realistic attention to structuring, documentation and negotiation.
Ensuring a successful derivatives’ transaction
The lawyers of our firm Crefovi advise clients with respect to the full range of over-the-counter (‟OTC”) and exchange-traded derivatives.
Crefovi’s practitioners have experience with swap, option and structured-note transactions involving established products, such as interest rates, currencies, commodities, securities and credit. In addition, the firm provides counsel with respect to emerging products and structures, such as those relating to weather, longevity and property derivatives. Crefovi’s lawyers have extensive experience with the full life cycle of relevant products, from new product development and assessment, to transaction execution and documentation, and on-going legal risk management, including defaults, regulatory-inquiry response, and customer complaints and litigation.
Derivatives’ product knowledge
Crefovi’s practice team members have practical knowledge of swaps, futures and warrants, across all asset classes. The firm’s lawyers bring to bear on every transaction the unique perspective of having completed derivatives work for a wide range of clients, including:
- broker-dealers;
- commercial and investment banks;
- hedge funds;
- insurance companies;
- investment companies;
- industrial companies;
- limited partnerships;
- pension funds;
- private equity firms, and
- sponsors of special purpose vehicles.
In addition, the team’s lawyers follow market developments closely, and participate in industry initiatives, such as the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (‟ISDA”) documentation projects. Our team is closely integrated with other practice groups of Crefovi, allowing the firm to provide multi-disciplinary legal advice regarding the complex derivatives issues that implicate a number of different laws and regulatory schemes, such as those relating to commodities, banking, securities, insolvency, partnerships and tax.
Transactional expertise
The heart of the ‟Derivatives” practice at Crefovi is the team’s work on complex OTC derivatives transactions. Whether clients are engaging in derivatives for hedging, investment or arbitrage purposes, and whether their deals involve a single jurisdiction or multiple jurisdictions, the team helps its clients achieve their business objectives through careful, commercially realistic attention to structuring, documentation and negotiation. Crefovi’s lawyers have particular expertise in the areas of credit, equity and commodity derivative products, and with all types of derivative structures, ranging from simple swaps, forwards and options to sophisticated hybrid securities and related credit and collateral issues.
Non-transactional expertise
Crefovi’s lawyers also assist clients with derivatives issues unrelated to specific transactions. The team has structured programs for ongoing, tax-efficient swap and structured-note activity. In addition, Crefovi has conducted comprehensive legal audits of client swap operations. Its derivatives lawyers collaborate with lawyers in the firm’s ‟Litigation” department to help clients facing derivatives-related investigations and litigation.
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