REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE Jamie has extensive experience in various areas of corporate law:
Derivatives
- Advising public and private companies regarding compliance with Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act and CFTC, SEC and federal bank regulations issued under the Act.
- Advising a working group of major life insurers and a group of GSE’s regarding cleared swap transaction documentation.
- Advising the U.S. subsidiary of a major foreign oil and gas producer and trader in developing standard International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) documentation and policies for OTC oil and gas transactions and negotiating ISDA agreements with various counterparties for such company.
- Advising Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) companies and their foreign affiliates on OTC derivatives transactions, including interest rate, FX, equity and commodity transactions.
- Advising government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) on OTC interest rate transactions and related ISDA Master Agreements and collateral arrangements under ISDA Credit Support Annex.
- Advising foreign governments on OTC derivatives.
- Advising numerous companies on termination and unwinding OTC transactions with Lehman, Bear Sterns, Enron and their affiliates.
Public and Private Securities Offerings
- Advising a commodity pool operator in establishing one of the first AMEX-traded commodity pools investing in oil futures contracts and other oil interests.
- Advising an agricultural cooperative in connection with its sale through auctions of its $800 million public leasing subsidiary and of its Amex-listed food processing subsidiary.
- Advising a government-sponsored enterprise regarding disclosure and distribution issues in its multi-billion dollar debt programs.
- Advising insurers in various structured finance transactions offered under SEC rule 144A and Regulation S.
- Advising a U.S. NYSE insurer in establishing a Bermuda-domiciled segregated accounts company and offerings outside the United States by such company under Regulation S.
Regulatory Compliance
- Advising a wire house in connection with its structuring and distribution of insurance products domestically and overseas.
- Advising a major bank in connection with federal and state laws regulating premium financing.
- Advising a major bank regarding equity investment in insurance underwriter, insurance agency licensing, broker-dealer issues and compliance with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
- Advising insurers on third-party marketing arrangements including through banks.
- Advising an insurer in connection with its acquisition of the largest insurance product wholesaler.
- Advising a foreign insurer in connection with potential U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and state insurance regulation actions and compliance with securities, insurance and tax laws.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the area of derivatives and futures law (2006-2013)
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Member, Banking Law Committee and Derivatives and Futures Law Committee, Business Law Section, American Bar Association
- Member, Law and Compliance Division, Futures Industry Association
- Member, Various ISDA Committees
- Member, MFA
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, “Defining ‘Swap Dealer’ and ‘Major Swap Participant,’” Securities, Banking and Public Policy Law360 (April 24, 2012)
- Co-author, "Regulatory Watch List for 2012: Commodity ETF Industry," Securities and Banking Law360 (February 16, 2012)
- Co-author, “Dodd-Frank Necessitates New Legal Documentation for Cleared and Uncleared Swaps,” The Review of Securities and Commodities Regulation, Volume 44, Number 13 (July 13, 2011)
- Co-author, “Exchange-Traded Funds,” The Review of Securities and Commodities Regulation, Volume 42, Number 13 (July 15, 2009)
- Author, “Financial Institution Insurance Activities—A New 2001 Odyssey Begins,” Business Lawyer, Volume 57, Number 3 (May 2002)
- Author, “Financial Institution Insurance Activities—Gramm-Leach-Bliley One Year Later,” Business Lawyer, Volume 56, Number 3 (May 2001)
- Co-author, “Banks and Insurance Companies—Together in the New Millennium,” Business Lawyer, Volume 55, Number 3 (May 2000)
- Author, "Financial Institution Insurance Activities—Courts and Regulators Continue to Dominate Congress," Business Lawyer, Volume 54, Number 3 (May 1999)
- Co-author, "Functional Regulation of Bank Sales of Insurance—A Complicated Matrix is Developing with Potential Pitfalls," Business Lawyer, Volume 53, Number 3 (May 1998)
- Author, "Bank Sales of Annuities and Insurance Products," The Review of Banking & Financial Services, Volume 13, Number 3 (June 18, 1997)
- Author, "Financial Institutions and Insurance in 1996: Three Strikes, You're Out?" Business Lawyer, Volume 52, Number 3 (May 1997)
- Co-author, "Financial Institutions and Insurance in 1995: State Insurance Regulators Assert Authority Over Banks," Business Lawyer, Volume 51, Number 3 (May 1996)
- Co-author, "Financial Institutions and Insurance in 1994: VALIC becomes NationsBank," Business Lawyer, Volume 50, Number 3 (May 1995)
- Co-author, "Financial Institutions and Insurance in 1993: The Climate Becomes Uncertain," Business Lawyer, Volume 49, Number 3 (May 1994)
- Co-author, "Financial Institutions and Insurance in 1992: A Year of Retrenchment," Business Lawyer, Volume 49, Number 3 (May 1993)
- Speaker, “Dodd-Frank Act – One Year Later,” LICONY Legislative & Regulatory Conference (September 20, 2012)
- Speaker, “Implementing Dodd-Frank: OTC Documentation Workshop,” FIA Conference (September 13, 2012)
- Presenter, “ISDA August 2012 Dodd-Frank Protocol,” Insurers Working Group (August 22, 2012)
- Speaker, “Futures Customer Account Agreements” MFA Seminar on Swaps Clearing Documentation (July 12, 2012)
- Speaker, “Are You a Swap Dealer? Determining Swap Dealer Status and Related Implications” FIA Dodd-Frank Briefing for Energy & Ag Companies (July 11, 2012)
- Speaker, "Derivatives Update – Title VII of Dodd-Frank and Related Developments," Association of Life Insurance Counsel Annual Meeting (May 22, 2012)
- Speaker, “The Dodd-Frank Act and its Implications for Life Insurance Companies: A Status Update” ALIC Annual Meeting (May 21, 2012)
- Speaker, Sutherland Quick Call: New CFTC Rules Affecting Funds that Invest in Commodity Interests: How Will They Affect You? (March 15, 2012)
- Speaker, “Top 10 for 2012: 10 Pending Developments All Wealth Management/ Compliance Lawyers Should Be Watching,” Wealth Management/HIMCO Law and Compliance Law Day, Hartford, Connecticut (March 2, 2012)
- Speaker, “Roundtable: Hot Topic in Investments,” Wealth Management/HIMCO Law and Compliance Law Day, Hartford, Connecticut (March 2, 2012)
- Panelist, “Dodd-Frank Implementation,” 2011 ACLI Annual Conference (Octorber 17, 2011)
- Speaker, “The Dodd-Frank Act: The Devil’s in the Definitions,” Argus U.S. Oil Market Regulation (September 27, 2011)
- Speaker, “The Dodd-Frank Bill: What Happened?” American College of Investment Counsel 2010 Annual Meeting & Education Conference (Octorber 21–22, 2010)
- Speaker, “Impact of Title VII of Dodd-Frank on Insurance Companies and Their Affiliates,” Sutherland Hartford Life Webinar, Washington (September 2010)
- Speaker, "Impact of Financial Regulatory Reform on the Insurance Industry: The Dodd-Frank Bill Arrives,” LIMRA’s Broker-Dealer CEO and Strategic Issues Study Group (July 27-28, 2010)
- Presenter, "Central Clearing of Interest Rate Swaps" (June 15, 2010)
- Speaker, “Derivatives for Dummies: A Primer on OTC Co-Products,” Corporation, Finance and Securities Section, Derivatives, Securitization and Project Finance Standing Committee, District of Columbia Bar, (November 9, 2009)
- Speaker, “Proposed Regulation for the OTC Derivatives Market,” National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association’s (NRECA) 2009 G&T Legal Seminar (November 5–6, 2009)
- Speaker, Hedge Fund Roundtable (September 29, 2009)
- Speaker, The Federal Regulation of Insurance (June 25, 2009)
- Speaker, “How Regulatory Requirements Impact the Competitive Balance Between Conventional ETFs and New Types of Commodities-Based ETFs,” Investment Company Institute (ICI) General Membership Meeting (May 6–8, 2009)
- Speaker, Sutherland Securities Symposium (April 21, 2009)
- Presenter, "OTC Credit Risk in the Post-Bear Stearns World" (February 3, 2009)
- Speaker, 2008 Investment Advisors’ Exchange Traded Funds Summit (June 23–24, 2008)
- Speaker, The Bond Buyer’s 8th Southeast Public Finance Conference (February 28, 2006)
- Speaker, Understanding the New ISDA Documentation Conference (June 10, 2004)
- Speaker, 2nd Annual National Institute on Back to the Fundamentals (February 17–19, 2003)
- Speaker, ALI-ABA Financial Services Modernization 2003 (February 6–7, 2003)