ISDA Opinions — Key Contacts

Netting, Collateral and Clearing Opinions Counsel

 

Country Counsel Opinion Type Primary Contact E-mail address
Andorra Cases & Lacambra Netting Laura Nieto laura.nieto@caseslacambra.com
Anguilla Harneys Netting, Collateral Russell Willings russell.willings@harneys.com
Argentina Estudio O’Farrell Netting Sebastian Luegmayer  luegmayers@eof.com.ar
Armenia TK & Partners Netting Varoujan Avedikian,

Misak Babajanyan

vavedikian@tk.partners; mbanajanyan@tk.partners
Australia King & Wood Mallesons Netting, Collateral, FCM Reliance, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Scott Farrell scott.farrell@au.kwm.com;
Austria Schoenherr Rechtsanwaelte GmbH Netting, Clearing Member Reliance Martin Ebner m.ebner@schoenherr.eu
DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach Collateral Dr. Jasna Zwitter-Tehovnik jasna.zwitter-tehovnik@dlapiper.com
Bahamas Higgs & Johnson Netting, Collateral, FCM Reliance, Clearing Member Reliance Portia J. Nicholson pnicholson@higgsjohnson.com
Barbados Chancery Chambers Netting, Collateral, CM Reliance Andrew C. Ferreira acferreira@chancerylaw.bb
Belgium DLA Piper Netting, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Pierre Berger pierre.berger@dlapiper.com
Loyens & Loeff Advocaten – Avocats Collateral Marc Vermylen marc.vermylen@loyensloeff.com
Bermuda Appleby Netting, FCM Reliance Alan Bossin abossin@applebyglobal.com
Harneys Collateral, CM Reliance, Client Reliance Russell Willings russell.willings@harneys.com
Brazil Pinheiro Neto Advogados Netting, Collateral, CM Reliance, FCM Reliance Tiago Lessa tlessa@pn.com.br
British Virgin Islands Harneys Netting, Collateral, FCM Reliance, Clearing Member Reliance Russell Willings russell.willings@harneys.com
Canada (Canada, Ontario, Alberta, BC, Quebec) Osler Netting, Collateral Lisa Mantello lmantello@osler.com
Canada Stikeman FCM Sterling Dietz sdietze@stikeman.com
Cayman Islands Maples and Calder Netting, Collateral, FCM Reliance, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Tina Meigh tina.meigh@maplesandcalder.com
Channel Islands – Guernsey Ogier Netting, Collateral, FCM Reliance, Clearing Member Reliance, Bryon Rees bryon.rees@ogier.com
Channel Islands – Jersey Ogier Netting, Collateral, FCM Reliance, Clearing Member Reliance Bruce MacNeil bruce.macneil@ogier.com
Chile Carey y Cia Ltda Netting, Collateral, CM Reliance Salvador Valdés, Diego Peralta svaldes@carey.cl; dperalta@carey.cl
China King & Wood Mallesons Netting, Collateral Minny Siu Minny.Siu@hk.kwm.com
Colombia Gomez-Pinzon Netting, Collateral, CM Reliance Ricardo Fandiño-De la Calle rfandino@gomezpinzon.com
Costa Rica Consortium Legal Netting Randall Barquero & Susana Raventós
Croatia Schoenherr Netting, Collateral Krešimira Krušlin K.Kruslin@schoenherr.eu
Curacao, Aruba, St. Maarten Clifford Chance LLP Netting, Collateral, FCM Reliance, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Frank G.B. Graaf frank.graaf@cliffordchance.com
Cyprus Harneys Netting, Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance Nancy Erotocritou nancy.erotocritou@harneys.com
Czech Republic Allen & Overy Netting, Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Petr Vybiral petr.vybiral@AllenOvery.com
Denmark Gorrissen Federspiel Netting, Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Tina Herbing the@gorrissenfederspiel.com
England and Wales Linklaters Netting, Collateral, FCM Reliance Simon Firth,  Jo Windsor simon.firth@linklaters.com; jo.windsor@linklaters.com
Allen & Overy Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Guy Antrobus Guy.Antrobus@allenovery.com
Clifford Chance ISDA/IIFM Tahawwut Master Agreement Habib Motani habib.motani@cliffordchance.com
Finland DLA Piper Finland Collateral Hans Sundblad Hans.Sundblad@fi.dlapiper.com
Hannes Snellman Netting, CM Reliance, Client Reliance Jari Tukiainen jari.tukiainen@hannessnellman.com
France Jones Day Netting, Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Alban Caillemer du Ferrage acf@jonesday.com
Georgia Dentons Netting Avto Svanidze avto.svanidze@dentons.com
Germany Clifford Chance Deutschland LLP FCM Reliance, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Dr. Marc Benzler marc.benzler@cliffordchance.com
Linklaters Netting and Collateral Dr. Jörg Fried joerg.fried@Linklaters.com
Greece Karatzas & Partners Netting, Collateral, CM Reliance Alexandra Th. Kondyli a.kondyli@karatza-partners.gr
Hong Kong Linklaters Netting, Collateral, FCM Reliance, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance I-Ping Soong i-ping.soong@linklaters.com
Hungary Allen & Overy LLP Netting, Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Norbert Hete

Balazs Sahin-Toth

Norbert.Hete@AllenOvery.com; Balazs.Sahin-Toth@AllenOvery.com
Iceland Logos Netting, Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance
India Juris Corp Netting, Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance H Jayesh h_jayesh@jclex.com
Indonesia Armand Yapsunto Muharamsyah & Partners Netting, Collateral Arie Armand arie@aymp.law
Ireland McCann FitzGerald LLP Netting, Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance, FCM Reliance, Client Reliance Judith Lawless judith.lawless@mccannfitzgerald.com
Israel Yigal Arnon & Co. Collateral Shiri Shaham shiri@arnon.co.il
Meitar Liquornik Geva Lesham Tal Netting, Clearing Member Reliance Clifford M.J. Felig cfelig@meitar.com
Italy Allen & Overy Netting, Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance, FCM Reliance, Client Reliance Lisa Curran lisa.curran@allenovery.com
Japan Linklaters Netting, Collateral, FCM Reliance, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Motoyasu Fujita motoyasu.fujita@linklaters.com
Kazakhstan Dentons Netting Abai Shaikenov,  Vassiliy Zenov abai.shaikenov@dentons.com vassiliy.zenov@dentons.com
Latvia Eversheds Sutherland Netting Māris Vainovskis Maris.Vainovskis@eversheds-sutherland.lv
Liechtenstein  Gasser & Partner Netting, Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance  Hannes Arnold  hannes.arnold@gasserpartner.com
Lithuania  Sorainen Netting  Augustas Klezys  augustas.klezys@sorainen.com
Luxembourg Linklaters LLP Collateral Patrick Geortay

Delphine Horn

patrick.geortay@linklaters.com

delphine.horn@linklaters.com

Allen & Overy Netting, FCM Reliance, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Philippe Noeltner, Paul Peporte philippe.noeltner@allenovery.com
paul.peporte@allenovery.com
Malaysia Shearn Delamore & Co Netting, Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Rabindra S. Nathan rabindra@shearndelamore.com
Shearn Delamore & Co ISDA/IIFM Tahawwut Master Agreement Rabindra S. Nathan rabindra@shearndelamore.com
Malta Ganado Advocates Netting, Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance Conrad Portanier cportanier@ganadoadvocates.com
Marshall Islands Campbell Johnston Clark Netting Alastair Macaulay Alastair@CJCLaw.com
Mauritius Appleby Global Netting, Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance Malcolm Moller mmoller@applebyglobal.com
Mexico Ritch Mueller Netting, Collateral, Client Reliance, Clearing Member Reliance, FCM Reliance Pablo Perezalonso pperezalonso@ritch.com.mx
Netherlands NautaDutilh N.V., the Netherlands Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance, FCM Reliance Prof. dr. W.A.K. Rank,

Frans van der Eerden

pim.rank@nautadutilh.com
Frans.vanderEerden@nautadutilh.com
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek Netting Matthias Haentjens

Sven Uiterwijk

Matthias.Haentjens@debrauw.com

sven.uiterwijk@nautadutilh.com

New Zealand Bell Gully Netting, Collateral, FCM Reliance, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Zac Kedgley-Foot zac.kedgley-foot@bellgully.com
Nigeria G. Elias & Co Netting Fred Onuobia fred.onuobia@gelias.com
Norway Wiersholm Netting, Collateral, FCM Reliance, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Atle Gabrielsen,

Kjersti T. Trøbråten

aga@wiersholm.no

ktt@wiersholm.no

Peru Baker & McKenzie Netting, Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance Pablo Berckholtz pablo.berckholtz@bakermckenzie.com
Philippines Morales & Justiniano Netting, Collateral, CM Reliance, Client Reliance Rafael A. Morales   ramorales@primuslex.com
Poland Allen & Overy Netting, Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Bartosz Jagodzinski bartosz.jagodzinski@allenovery.com
Portugal PLEN Sociedade de Advogados, RL Netting Tiago Lemos tiago.lemos@plen.pt
Ferreira Pinto Cardigos Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Pedro Cardigos, Maria Almeida Fernandes pc@fpclegal.pt
maf@fpclegal.pt
Qatar (QFC) Simmons & Simmons Netting Andrew Wingfield andrew.wingfield@simmons-simmons.com;
Romania Leroy si Asociatii SCA Netting, Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance Andreea Toma toma@leroylaw.ro
Russia Clifford Chance Netting, Clearing Member Reliance
Scotland CMS Cameron McKenna Netting, Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Stephen Phillips stephen.phillips@cms-cmno.com
Serbia Schoenherr Netting Nikola Babić n.babic@schoenherr.rs
Singapore Allen & Gledhill LLP Netting, Collateral, FCM Reliance, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Francis Mok francis.mok@agasia.law
Slovakia Allen & Overy Bratislava s.r.o. Netting Renatus Kollar,

Peter Jedinák

renatus.kollar@allenovery.com; peter.jedinak@allenovery.com
Slovenia Boštjan Špec, odvetnik Netting, Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance
South Africa DLA Piper Netting, Collateral, CM Reliance Bridget King bridget.king@dlapiper.com
South Korea Kim & Chang Netting, Collateral, FCM Reliance, Clearing Member Reliance Sang-Yong Park sypark1@KimChang.com
Spain Alarde Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance, FCM Reliance
Clifford Chance Netting, Collateral Jose Manuel Cuenca

Ángel Muñoz

 josemanuel.cuenca@cliffordchance.com

angel.munoz@cliffordchance.com

Sweden Wistrand Advokatbyrå Göteborg KB Netting, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Kristofer Selvin kristofer.selvin@wistrand.se
Mannheimer Swartling Collateral Thomas Pettersson thp@msa.se
Switzerland Lenz & Staehelin Netting, Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance, FCM Reliance Patrick Hünerwadel (Zurich),
François Rayroux (Geneva)
patrick.hunerwadel@lenzstaehelin.com; francois.rayroux@lenzstaehelin.com
Taiwan Russin & Vecchi Netting, Collateral, CM Reliance, FCM Reliance Lisa Wang lwang@russinvecchi.com.tw
Thailand Baker & McKenzie Netting, Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Komkrit Kietduriyakul, Thinawat Bukhamana komkrit.kietduriyakul@bakermckenzie.com; thinawat.bukhamana@bakermckenzie.com
Turkey Pekin & Pekin Netting, Collateral, Clearing Member Reliance, Client Reliance Göze Yıldırım gyildirim@pekin-pekin.com
UAE (ADGM) Shearman & Sterling Netting, Collateral  Patrick Clancy patrick.clancy@shearman.com
UAE (DIFC free zone) Clifford Chance Netting Habib Motani, Cheuk Yin Cheung habib.motani@cliffordchance.com; cheukyin.cheung@cliffordchance.com
UAE (Federal) Clifford Chance Netting Habib Motani, Cheuk Yin Cheung habib.motani@cliffordchance.com; cheukyin.cheung@cliffordchance.com
USA Sidley Austin LLP Opinions on Insurance Companies (AZ,CT,DE,IL,IN,IA,MA,MN,NY,VA) Ellen Pesch epesch@sidley.com
Mayer Brown LLP Netting, Collateral Curtis Doty cdoty@mayerbrown.com
Sullivan & Cromwell FCM Clearing Member Reliance Rebecca Simmons Simmonsr@sullcrom.com
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP FCM Client Reliance Brandon Hammer bhammer@cgsh.com

International Financial Institution Opinions Counsel

Opinion Type Firm Primary Contact(s) Email address
China Draw Down opinion on AIIB and NDB King & Wood Mallesons Minny Siu minny.siu@hk.kwm.com
English law base, BIS, EUROFIMA and EBRD opinions Mayer Brown Alexandra Wood AWood@mayerbrown.com

 

English law opinions on ESATDB and ADB Clifford Chance
English law opinions on CEDB, EIB and ESM Jones Day Edward Nalbantian  enalbantian@JonesDay.com
English law Draw Down opinion on ADB Linklaters I-Ping Soong i-ping.soong@linklaters.com
English law Draw Down opinion on Afreximbank Mayer Brown Alexandra Wood AWood@mayerbrown.com

 

English law Drawn Down opinion on NIB DLA Piper Mark Dwyer mark.dwyer@dlapiper.com
English Law Draw Down opinion on NDB King & Wood Mallesons Minny Siu minny.siu@hk.kwm.com
English Law Opinion on EDB Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Matthew Sapte matthew.sapte@dentons.com
English law Draw Down opinion on IIB Allen & Overy Guy Antrobus Guy.Antrobus@allenovery.com
Finnish law opinion on NIB DLA Piper Hans Sundblad Hans.Sundblad@dlapiper.com
French Law Jurisdiction  and CEDB opinion Jones Day Alban Caillemer du Ferrage acf@jonesday.com
Honduras Jurisdiction and CABEI opinion Lopez Rodezno & Asociados
Hungarian Law opinion on IIB Allen & Overy Norbert Hete norbert.hete@AllenOvery.com
Kazakhstan Law opinion on EDB Dentons Kazakhstan LLP Matthew Sapte matthew.sapte@dentons.com
Luxembourg Law Jurisdiction opinion Arendt Matthieu Taillandier Matthieu.Taillandier@arendt.com
Luxembourg Law Draw Down opinion on EIB and ESM Arendt Matthieu Taillandier Matthieu.Taillandier@arendt.com
Mauritius Law opinion on ESATDB Appleby Malcolm Moller mmoller@applebyglobal.com
New York Base opinion Mayer Brown Curtis Doty cdoty@mayerbrown.com
New York Draw Down opinion on IADB, IBRD, IFC and CABEI Mayer Brown Curtis Doty cdoty@mayerbrown.com
Opinions on AIIB King & Wood Mallesons Minny Siu minny.siu@hk.kwm.com
Philippine Law opinion on ADB Morales & Justiniano Rafael Morales rmorales@primuslex.com
Swiss law Jurisdiction opinion Schellenber Wittmer Olivier Favre olivier.favre@swlegal.ch
Swiss Law Draw Down opinion on EUROFIMA and BIS Schellenber Wittmer Olivier Favre olivier.favre@swlegal.ch

E-contracts Opinions Counsel

Jurisdiction Firm Primary Contact(s) Email address
Anguilla Harneys  Russell Willings russell.willings@harneys.com
Argentina Estudio O’Farrell Sebastian Luegmayer luegmayers@eof.com.ar
Armenia TK & Partners Varoujan Avedikian vavedikian@tk.partners
Australia King & Wood Mallesons Scott Farrell, Max Allan scott.farrell@au.kwm.com; max.allan@au.kwm.com
Austria Benn-Ibler Stefan Eder stefan.eder@benn-ibler.com
Bahamas Higgs & Johnson Portia J. Nicholson pnicholson@higgsjohnson.com
Bahrain ASAR  
Barbados Chancery Chambers Andrew Ferreira acferreira@chancerychambers.com
Belgium DLA Piper Pierre Berger pierre.berger@dlapiper.com
Bermuda Appleby Alan Bossin abossin@applebyglobal.com<
Brazil Pinheiro Neto Advogados Tiago Lessa tlessa@pn.com.br
British Virgin Islands Harneys Russell Willings russell.willings@harneys.com
Canada Osler Lisa Mantello,
Jacqueline Code
lmantello@osler.com
jcode@osler.com
Cayman Islands Maples & Calder Tina Meigh tina.meigh@maplesandcalder.com
Channel Islands – Guernsey Ogier Bryon Rees bryon.rees@ogier.com
Channel Islands – Jersey Ogier Bruce MacNeil bruce.macneil@ogier.com
Chile Carey y Cia Ltda Salvador Valdés svaldes@carey.cl
China King & Wood Mallesons Minny Siu minny.siu@hk.kwm.com
Colombia Gomez-Pinzon Zuelta Ricardo Fandiño-De la Calle rfandino@gpzlegal.com
Croatia Schonherr Krešimira Krušlin K.Kruslin@schoenherr.eu
Cyprus Harneys Nancy Erotocritou nancy.erotocritou@harneys.com
Czech Republic Allen & Overy Petr Vybiral petr.vybiral@allenovery.com
Denmark Gorrissen Federspiel Tina Herbing the@gorrissenfederspiel.com
Egypt Dentons Michael Lacey,
Matthew Sapte
michael.lacey@dentons.com
matthew.sapte@dentons.com
England & Wales Linklaters Deepak Sitlani deepak.sitlani@linklaters.com
Finland Hannes Snellman Jari Tukiainen jari.tukiainen@hannessnellman.com
France Jones Day Alban Caillemer du Ferrage acf@jonesday.com
Germany Linklaters Jörg Fried joerg.fried@Linklaters.com
Greece Karatzas & Partners Alexandra Th. Kondyli a.kondyli@karatza-partners.gr
Ghana Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah Seth Asante seth.asante@belonline.org
Hong Kong Linklaters  Chin-Chong Liew  chin-chong.liew@linklaters.com
Hungary Allen & Overy  Norbert Hete norbert.hete@allenovery.com
India Juris Corp  Mr. Jayesh H

Smrithi Nair

Aashka Shah

jayesh.h@jclex.com

smrithi.nair@jclex.com

ashka.shah@jclex.coms

Ireland McCann FitzGerald LLP Judith Lawless Judith.Lawless@mccannfitzgerald.com
Israel Herzog Fox & Neeman Gabriel Cohen coheng@herzoglaw.co.il
Italy BonelliErede  Massimiliano Danusso massimiliano.danusso@belex.com
Japan Morrison & Foerster LLP
Korea Lee & Ko Hyunjoo Oh hjo@leeko.com
Kuwait ASAR  
Latvia Eversheds Sutherland Māris Vainovskis Maris.Vainovskis@eversheds-sutherland.lv
Liechtenstein Gasser Partner Hannes Arnold hannes.arnold@gasserpartner.com
Lithuania Sorainen Augustas Klezys Augustas.Klezys@sorainen.com
Luxembourg Linklaters Patrick Geortay

Delphine Horn

patrick.geortay@linklaters.com

delphine.horn@linklaters.com

Malaysia Shearn Delamore & Co. Rabindra S. Nathan rabindra@shearndelamore.com
Malta Ganado Advocates Conrad Portanier Cportanier@ganadoadvocates.com
Mauritius Appleby Malcolm Moller mmoller@applebyglobal.com
Mexico Ritch Mueller  Pablo Perezalonso pperezalonso@ritch.com.mx
Netherlands NautaDutilh N.V. Frans van der Eerden

Prof. dr. W.A.K. Rank

frans.vandereerden@nautadutilh.com

Pim.Rank@nautadutilh.com

New Zealand Bell Gully Zac Kedgley-Foot Zac.Kedgley-Foot@bellgully.com
Nigeria G. Elias & Co. Fred Onuobia fred.onuobia@gelias.com
Norway DLA Piper Erik Ramm erik.ramm@dlapiper.com
Peru Baker & McKenzie Pablo Berckholtz pablo.berckholtz@bakermckenzie.com
Philippines Morales & Justiniano Rafael A. Morales ramorales@primuslex.com
Poland Allen & Overy Bartosz Jagodzinski bartosz.jagodzinski@allenovery.com
Portugal Ferreira Pinto Cardigos Pedro Cardigos pc@fpclegal.pt
Qatar Allen & Overy Anthony Traboulsi anthony.traboulsi@allenovery.com
Qatar (QFC) Simmons & Simmons Andrew Wingfield andrew.wingfield@simmons-simmons.com;
Romania LEROY SI ASOCIATII SCA Andreea Toma andreea.toma@leroylaw.ro
Russia Clifford Chance
Saudi Arabia Allen & Overy Karim Wali karim.wali@allenovery.com
Scotland CMS Cameron McKenna Stephen Phillips stephen.phillips@cms-cmno.com
Serbia Schoenherr Nikola Babić n.babic@schoenherr.rs
Singapore Allen & Gledhill Alexander Yap

Francis Mok

Tan Zhifeng

alexander.yap@agasia.law

francis.mok@agasia.law

tan.zhifeng@agasia.law

Slovakia Allen & Overy Renatus Kollar; Peter Jedinák renatus.kollar@allenovery.com; peter.jedinak@allenovery.com
Slovenia Špec Boštjan Špec bostjan.spec@bosp.si
South Africa DLA Piper Bridget King bridget.king@dlapiper.com
Spain Alarde Inigo Gomez-Jordana inigo.gomez-jordana@alarde.law
Sweden Wistrand Henrik Saalman henrik.saalman@wistrand.se
Switzerland Lenz & Staehelin Patrick Hünerwadel (Zurich),
François Rayroux (Geneva)
patrick.hunerwadel@lenzstaehelin.com; francois.rayroux@lenzstaehelin.com
Taiwan Russin & Vecchi Lisa Wang

Thomas H. McGowan

lwang@russinvecchi.com.tw

THMcGowan@russinvecchi.com.tw

Thailand Baker & McKenzie Ltd Komkrit Kietduriyakul,
Thinawat Bukhamana
komkrit.kietduriyakul@bakermckenzie.com; thinawat.bukhamana@bakermckenzie.com
Turkey Pekin & Pekin Göze Yıldırım  gyildirim@pekin-pekin.com
USA (New York law) Linklaters Douglas Donahue douglas.donaghue@linklaters.com
UAE Allen & Overy Anthony Traboulsi anthony.traboulsi@allenovery.com

 

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EMEA

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AMERICAS

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