REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
David’s recent representative experience includes:
- Representing energy companies before the CFTC and other agencies in derivatives regulatory rulemaking proceedings promulgated by Title VII of Dodd-Frank.
- Representing dealers, end users and special purpose vehicles (SPVs) in numerous hedging and credit transactions, including commodity, credit, equity, foreign exchange and interest rate trades.
- Advising clients on energy commodity transactions, including wind and revenue hedges, heat rate options and full requirement transactions.
- Representing corporate issuers in accelerated share repurchases and synthetic puts.
- Structuring investment products, including index and credit linked notes, and synthetic, hybrid and bespoke collateralized debt obligations (CDOs).
- Representing clients in innovative credit-sleeve transactions for energy commodities.
- Negotiating multiple-party netting agreements, repurchase agreements, third-party custodian arrangements, tracking accounts, security forward agreements, and securities lending arrangements utilizing unique collateral arrangements.
- Advising clients regarding registration requirements for commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisers.
- Resolving close-out disputes and trades with insolvent counterparties.
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Member, Managed Funds Association
- Member, Futures Industry Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Energy Bar Association
- Member, ISDA North American Committee on Equity Derivatives