Douglas Donahue

Doug has a diverse practice that focuses on transactional and advisory matters related to derivatives. Doug represents both buy and sell-side institutions, including some of the foremost dealers, banks, hedge funds and asset managers in connection with the development, structuring, negotiation and documentation of a wide variety of financial products. These products include total return swaps, swap intermediations, credit derivatives, interest rate swaps, commodity swaps, currency swaps and other funded and unfunded products.

Doug also advises such clients on regulatory issues related to derivatives and has been at the forefront of industry efforts related to the Dodd-Frank Act, including representing ISDA in connection with its Dodd-Frank initiatives.

Doug has been recognized by Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Legal 500 and IFLR1000 as a leading lawyer in the derivatives and financial products industry and was named a 2012 Rising Star in a global survey by Derivatives Intelligence/Derivatives Week. Notably, Doug has been described by impressed clients in Chambers USA as “incredibly fast and really thorough,” as well as “extremely smart but practical, too.”

Doug studied accounting at St. Francis College, and holds a Juris Doctorate from the New York University School of Law.