Regulatory Compliance Advisory

If you’re a private equity sponsor or portfolio company, hedging currency or interest rate risk can provide significant financial stability and predictability. But complying with increasingly complex derivatives regulations, including Dodd-Frank and EMIR, can be challenging, particularly as you address your business risk. Our dedicated specialists have deep experience advising private equity firms on applicable derivatives regulatory requirements.

We provide guidance on the entire derivatives regulatory process, including assessing the regulatory requirements at the onset of a transaction; assessing impacts based on an entity’s organizational structure and operations; strategizing on the most effective approach to meet the business objectives while complying with applicable regulations; advising on pre-trade documentation and set-up; and assisting with post-trade compliance obligations, such as trade reporting, commodity pool de minimis compliance tracking, and preparing compliance reports.

Because we negotiate thousands of ISDAs every year, and have productive relationships with hundreds of banks, we have detailed knowledge of what the market standard terms are for each of our clients. This enables us to leverage and negotiate the best possible terms for you, provide insights into best practices across the private equity landscape, and help you understand how to use derivatives to bring enhanced certainty to your overall performance and business objectives.