Collaborateur

William Price

Derivatives, Structured Products, Capital Markets

London +44 20 3130 3814

wprice@mayerbrown.com

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William Price is a senior associate in the Derivatives and Structured Products practice whose work spans the full range of derivatives, repos and structured products. He advises on complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions across asset classes including equities, fixed income, credit and currencies, bringing a highly commercial approach to sophisticated legal challenges.

Clients turn to William for practical, business-focused advice throughout the transaction lifecycle. He regularly advises on OTC derivatives, prime brokerage arrangements, and repo and stock lending transactions, and has led the establishment and enhancement of structured products programmes for major international banks. His work also encompasses structured products issuances, hedging arrangements for structured finance transactions, and capital-efficient solutions including credit-linked notes, repackaging structures and significant risk transfer (SRT) transactions.

William advises global investment banks, asset managers, hedge funds, insurers and institutional investors, for whom he structures, documents and negotiates transactions across the derivatives and structured products spectrum. He also has experience advising sovereigns and financial institutions on complex debt restructuring.

Before joining Mayer Brown, William worked at another leading international law firm and spent eight years at Bank of America, including being part of the equities legal team advising on strategic equities solutions, swaps, securities lending and prime brokerage. This combination of private practice and front-office perspective allows him to deliver advice that is both robust and attuned to clients' commercial priorities.

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Advising a leading Turkish bank on multiple credit-linked note issuances under its secured note programme.
Advising a Guernsey protected cell company on its significant risk transfer transactions, including the preparation and negotiation of the cell documentation and related credit-linked note arrangements.
Advising a major investment bank on a funding agreement backed repo (FABR) transaction with a US insurance company, involving the structuring and documentation of the secured funding agreement, security arrangements and confirmation.
Advising a global asset manager on its investment in a significant risk transfer transaction referencing a portfolio of real estate loans, including the negotiation of the subscription agreement and terms and conditions.

Advising a major European bank on risk participation and triparty arrangements in connection with structured financing transactions.
Advising a global investment bank as swap counterparty on the hedging arrangements for an auto lease securitisation, including the negotiation of the ISDA Schedule and related transaction documentation.
Advising a major European bank as swap counterparty on the hedging arrangements for a consumer loan securitisation.
Advising clients on the documentation in connection with the investment into SPIRE repackaging notes, including CLN underlyers.*
Providing advice on the special administration of an investment bank, which included the termination and liquidation of its derivative, repo, stock lending and prime brokerage businesses. Drafted and negotiated the portfolio transfer agreement for a credit bid, the first such credit bid transfer under English law for an unsecured creditor.*
Negotiating the repo transaction for a Japanese bank providing financing to an international investment bank’s CRE loan portfolio.*
Drafting and negotiating documentation for a German bank entering into a secured financing transaction with an investment bank, which involved an EMTN reverse repo transaction secured by a combination of loans and HQLAs.*
Advising on complex restructuring matters, including assisting a sovereign on the restructuring of its Eurobond debt as part of a domestic debt exchange.*

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