ATTORNEYS

Harry Jho

Lawrence Wu

Todd Blanke

Hadar Sayfan

Since 2001, Mr. Jho has worked for leading buy and sell side firms in the area of securities finance. On the sell side, Mr. Jho has advised major prime brokers in structuring their product platforms and drafted the form of prime brokerage agreement used by many of the dealers in the business. Mr. Jho has also advised major dealers both on how to streamline their client on-boarding processes and also on matters relating to termination and credit loss. On the buy side, Mr. Jho has helped several leading hedge funds implement their documentation strategy with respect to ISDAs, Prime Brokerage and derivatives Master Confirmation Agreements. For the industry, Mr. Jho has advised ISDA in respect of the 2011 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions and has drafted the form of Master Confirmation Agreement published by ISDA with respect to various equity swap and option products traded in the US and in Europe.

During the course of his career, Mr. Jho has helped to define the negotiation posture taken by both hedge funds and banks with respect to many of the key aspects of their prime brokerage and term financing relationships. At Bank of America, Mr. Jho was the lead attorney responsible for Equity Finance transactions (covering Prime Brokerage and Equity Financing Derivatives) and oversaw the Bank’s implementation of its Arranged Finance, Fixed Income PB and Portfolio Margining platforms. Mr. Jho is a frequent speaker on topics relating to derivatives and prime brokerage.

Mr. Jho holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and graduated Phi Beta Kappa, with Highest Distinction, from the University of Michigan. He was formerly associated with Davis Polk & Wardwell and was a Principal and Assistant General Counsel at Bank of America. Mr. Jho is the author of An Index of ISDA Terms published in 2007 by ISDA. Mr. Jho is also a member of the bar of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.