White & Case LLP

White & Case LLP‘s derivatives and structured products department is praised by clients for its ’technical background, collaborative approach, ingenuity’, frequently advising buy-side and sell-side actors in a broad spectrum of derivative product transactions, while often being retained for its multifaceted regulatory and compliance capacities. The team specializes in complex, novel asset classes, operating on credit, equity, interest rates, currency and commodities hedges, swaps, forwards, repo transactions, and others in unconventional sectors, including digital infrastructure and green energy. The team also leverages considerable cross-border capacities, often overseeing cross-border regulatory compliance matters, along with multijurisdictional transactions. New York-based Ian Cuillerier heads the team, and remains a cornerstone of the market for commodity transaction hedging, large scale structured finance transactions, equity derivatives and risk management structures. Also in New York, Edward So is praised by clients as ‘responsive and commercially-minded’, and is sought after by fintech companies, financial companies, asset managers, and other clients for his expertise in OTC derivatives, especially those pertaining to ESG and digital infrastructure.