Paul's experience includes:
- Advising on hedging in financing transactions, including deal-contingent and loan-linked hedging and the integration of derivatives into acquisition finance, project finance, real estate finance, structured finance and other financing transactions.
- Advising on financial collateral and margining structures, including title transfer and security arrangements, collateral optimisation, regulatory margin compliance and related credit risk mitigation arrangements.
- Advising on portfolio acquisitions, disposals and restructurings involving derivatives, including swap portfolio transactions, loan portfolio sales and the alignment of hedging arrangements with underlying asset transfers.
- Advising on commodities trading and commodities derivatives across metals, oil, gas, power and carbon, covering physical and financial markets and related documentation including EFET, emissions trading and commodities derivatives documentation.
- Delivering netting, collateral and financial collateral opinions and advising regulated firms on the enforceability of close-out netting, collateral arrangements and related regulatory capital issues.
