Doug completed his Legal Practice Course at Nottingham Law School and obtained an LLB (Hons) from the London School of Economics.
Doug is a partner in our derivatives and financial markets practice, who focuses on OTC derivatives, stock loans, repos and related regulation. He advises major international and domestic banks, as well as a wide range of buy-side institutions where he has experience advising on the use of derivatives for hedging, treasury management and other purposes.
His practice covers all of the underlying asset classes and standard forms of trading agreements, including the ISDA Master Agreement, GMSLA and GMRA. His work routinely involves related structuring advice and analysis of the practical and regulatory issues associated with those trades.
He has particular expertise in the structuring and negotiation of equity derivative products, including collars, put/call options and spreads, total returns swaps and prepaid forwards.
Doug also provides detailed regulatory advice in respect of OTC derivatives and stock loans/repos, including EMIR, SFTR, CSDR, CRR and BRRD.
Doug plays an active role in industry discussions on regulatory and practice developments in OTC derivatives and stock loans/repos.
He advised ISDA on the ISDA 2017 Portfolio Compression Agreement and the ISDA Master Regulatory Disclosure Letter. He also advised ISDA, FIA, ICMA, ISLA and AFME on publication of the Master Regulatory Reporting Agreement.
Doug is a regular speaker at ISDA conferences.
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