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Ron Feldman is an associate in the Structured Products & Derivatives Group in the London office. The main areas of his practice are the negotiation of prime brokerage and custody documentation and advising and negotiating derivatives and structured products transactions. With global prime brokers, Ron has experience negotiating all forms of derivative, trading and prime brokerage agreements. He has structured and negotiated OTC (ISDA) derivatives transactions, exchange traded derivatives, master repurchase agreements, global master repurchase agreements, overseas securities lending agreements, prime brokerage and account opening agreements and terms-of-business and give-up agreements. Ron also has experience structuring and negotiating structured products transactions and derivatives agreements on behalf of private investment funds and other financial institutions.
Ron was actively involved in the firm’s response to the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008. During the crisis he was a key contact for international clients in the London office and has authored a number of Client Alerts in response to the administration of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) Limited. Prior to joining SRZ, Ron was a Vice President at Credit Suisse where he was a member of the Legal and Compliance Department in the Derivatives Practice Group. He also worked at Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale and focused on derivatives.
Selected Publications
“UK Special Administration Regime,” The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, Dec. 4, 2011 (co-author)
“UK Special Administration Regime,” SRZ Client Alert, 3 Nov. 2011 (co-author)
“Proposed Changes to Europe’s Derivatives Regulatory Structure: EMIR & MIFID II,” Bloomberg Law Reports — UK Financial Services Law, September 2011 (co-author)
“New FSA Policy on Prime Brokerage Client Assets,“ SRZ Client Alert, 9 Nov. 2010
“European Commission Proposes New Regulation for OTC Derivatives,” SRZ Client Alert, September 2010
“LBIE Update: U.K. Appeals Court Expands Scope of Client Money Pool and Universe of Clients Eligible for Client Money Pool Distributions,” SRZ Client Alert, 10 Aug. 2010 (co-author)
“Notice of Intended Dividend; Bar Date of December 31, 2010, Established for Preferential and Unsecured Claims Against LBIE,“ SRZ Client Alert, 6 Jan. 2010 (co-author)
“Claim Resolution Agreement, Segregated Assets, U.K. High Court Rulings,“ SRZ Client Alert, 17 Dec. 2009 (co-author)
“LBIE Administrators Announce Contractual Alternative to Proposed Scheme of Arrangement,“ SRZ Client Alert, 6 Oct. 2009 (co-author)
“Administrators for Lehman Brothers Europe to Make Claim for Client Money and Assets held by Lehman Brothers Inc.,“ SRZ Client Alert, 22 Jan. 2009 (co-author)
“Chancellor Proposes Special Insolvency Procedures for Investment Firms Holding Client Assets or Money,“ SRZ Client Alert, 28 Nov. 2008 (co-author)
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Selected Speaking Engagements
“The Impact of Derivatives Regulation on Private Funds,” SRZ 20th Annual Private Investment Funds Seminar, January 2011
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Memberships
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
Bar Admissions
Education
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Kingston Law School, Kingston University, LL.B., honours
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Israel Bar Conversion Course and Examination for Foreign Lawyers, Israel
Prior Experience
Credit Suisse
Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale
Berwin Leighton
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