ATTORNEYS
Harry Jho
Lawrence Wu
Todd Blanke
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 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.
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Mr. Wu has worked in Equity Derivatives since 2001, covering equity derivatives products ranging from issuer derivatives products to prepaid forwards and other OTC contracts and swaps. At Deutsche Bank, Mr. Wu managed legal coverage for the structured products group, advising on all regulatory and transactional aspects of note issuances, sales, and market-making, including the 33 Act, 34 Act, and Investment Company Act.
Mr. Wu is a graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Law Review, and SUNY Binghamton. After graduation, he clerked for Senior Judge Eugene Nickerson of the Eastern District of New York. After clerking, he was an Associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell and then covered equity derivatives as a Vice President and Counsel at Deutsche Bank.
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Mr. Blanke has specialized in trading products throughout his career, covering prime brokerage and both OTC credit and equity derivative products. Mr. Blanke has served as the lead attorney for fixed-income prime brokerage at Bank of America and the senior transactional lawyer responsible for equity prime brokerage and equity financing derivatives products at both Bank of America and BNP Paribas.
Mr. Blanke is an honors graduate of the University of Chicago Law School. He also holds degrees from Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was formerly associated with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Bank of America, and was most recently Director and Counsel at BNP Paribas.
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ANALYSTS
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BM New York University 2005
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BFA Rhode Island School of Design, 2006
BA Swarthmore College, 2002
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BS Lehigh University, 2008
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BA Dartmouth College, 2009
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