REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCEDaphne’s recent representative experience includes:
- Advising life insurance companies on XXX and A/XXX reserve securitizations including letter of credit facilities, trust note structures and surplus notes offerings.
- Advising financial services clients on onshore and offshore captive insurers and reinsurers.
- Representing a major life insurance company in its acquisition of a 401(k) business.
- Advising insurers offering securities outside the United States through offshore insurance vehicles under Regulation S.
- Counseling exchange-traded commodity pools and commodity pool operators (CPOs) on all aspects of their operations including structure, governance, initial public offerings and follow on offerings, and compliance with requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the National Futures Association and the NYSE Arca.
- Advising a major international company in its acquisition of a commodity trading advisor (CTA).
- Advising business development companies (BDCs) on secured and unsecured credit facilities, domestic public and private note offerings, and an overseas private debt offering with Euro and Sterling tranches.
- Advising a government-sponsored enterprise regarding disclosure and distribution issues in its multi-billion dollar debt programs.
- Advising a major public company on global commercial paper programs.
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Member, Business Law Section, American Bar Association
- Member, Business Law Section, New York State Bar Association
- Member, District of Columbia Bar
- Member, Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia
PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS
- Named to the 2012 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Co-author, “7 Areas Commodity Operators Should Watch In 2013,” Law360 (January 29, 2013)
- Co-author, “Regulatory watch list for 2012: The shifting landscape for hedge funds and other private funds,” Journal of Investment Compliance (Volume 13, Issue 2, June 2012)
- Co-author, "Regulatory Watch List for 2012: Commodity ETF Industry," Securities and Banking Law360 (February 2012)
- Author, “Leveraging A Dealroom: A ‘How To’ Guide,” Deal Lawyers (November/December 2008)
- Co-author, “Financial Institution Insurance Activities 2005—Do the Risks Outweigh the Rewards?” Business Lawyer, Volume 61, Number 2 (February 2006)
- Speaker, Webcast – Hot Topics in Compliance for Private Fund Advisers: Annual Review (February 12, 2013)
- Speaker, “Current Financing Trends for BDCs,” Sutherland Quick Call (December 13, 2012)
- Speaker, Sutherland Quick Call: New CFTC Rules Affecting Funds that Invest in Commodity Interests: How Will They Affect You? (March 15, 2012)
