Edmund (Ed) Parker
Partner
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Experience
Edmund Parker is head of the London office's Derivatives practice. He advises on complex OTC credit and equity derivatives, property derivatives, commodity derivatives (including emissions trading), islamic derivatives and insurance and pensions-linked derivative structures. He also advises on repackagings, as well as distress situations affecting derivatives.
He has extensive experience in a wide variety of structured transactions, including CFOs (collateralised fund obligations), cash and synthetic CDOs, credit CPPI (constant proportion portfolio insurance), the establishment of CDPCs (Credit Derivative Product Companies), and structured equity and commodity products.
According to UK Legal 500 2008, "the [derivatives] practice has been transformed by the arrival of [Parker]," and he "brings a reputation for structured credit and equity derivatives." He embodies its "fair, objective and rigorous approach" and is well liked throughout the industry (Legal 500, 2009). It has also been said that he "would easily fit into any top-tier derivatives practice" and "he has great expertise" (Chambers UK 2009).
Ed has written extensively on derivatives and related matters, including publishing as sole author of the acclaimed Credit Derivatives: Documenting and Understanding Credit Derivative Products and as sole editor of Equity Derivatives: Documenting and Understanding Equity Derivative Products (see "Publications"). He is fluent in Spanish. Education
The College of Law, London, Legal Practice Course, 1996 • University of London (Queen Mary), LLM, International Business Law, 1995 • Dundee University, LLB, (Hons), 1994 Admitted
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