Geoffrey Goldman is a partner in the Derivatives & Structured Products practice.

He regularly advises derivatives clearinghouses, trading facilities, trade repositories and other infrastructure providers on market structure, development of rules and documentation and commodities, securities and other regulatory issues.  He also has extensive experience structuring and documenting over-the-counter derivatives transactions of all types, particularly credit and equity derivatives.  He also has broad experience representing issuers, underwriters and users of structured products and structured transactions, including credit and commodity linked securities and synthetic and cash-flow collateralized debt obligation transactions. 

He regularly advises market participants with respect to commodities, securities and other regulatory issues related to derivatives and other financial products (including implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act and other regulatory reforms).  He has also advised clients on structuring public and private commodity pools.

Geoffrey represents major U.S. and foreign financial institutions, clearing organizations and trading facilities (such as IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) and its subsidiaries), other derivatives infrastructure providers, corporate users of derivatives, hedge funds and industry groups.

He is a regular speaker on derivatives topics at Practising Law Institute, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, ABA, New York City bar and Futures Industry Association and other industry association conferences and events.

• IntercontinentalExchange in a wide range of matters, including ongoing development of its ICE Clear Credit, ICE Clear Europe and ICE Clear US clearinghouses for credit default swaps and other products, resolution and recovery planning for clearinghouses, development of segregation models, client clearing solutions and bankruptcy remote structures, new product and rulebook development, U.S. and EU regulatory “equivalence” and other cross-border regulatory issues, and SEC and CFTC regulatory matters
• A non-U.S. financial institution in development of a program for financing of trade receivables through participations, derivatives and structured notes
• U.S. and non-U.S. financial institutions in structured sovereign repo transactions and related hedging activities
• A U.S. financial institution in the synthetic securitization of housing loans
• U.S. and non-U.S. corporate issuers in connection with equity derivative transactions, including monetization and financing transactions and stock buyback transactions
• U.S. and non-U.S. financial institutions in connection with U.S. regulatory reform affecting derivatives and structured products, including compliance with Dodd-Frank Act requirements
• U.S. and non-U.S. financial institutions in connection with derivatives transaction close-out and counterparty risk management for derivatives transactions, including in connection with insolvency and resolution matters
• FX trading platform in connection with the implementation of CFTC retail foreign exchange dealer requirements
• Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation in connection with the development of its derivatives processing services and infrastructure, including development of its Trade Information Warehouse

Professional Affiliations

• Member, American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Derivatives and Futures Law Committee
• Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committee on Futures and Derivatives Regulation

Awards & Accolades 

• Clients tell Chambers USA that Geoffrey Goldman is "very reliable, knowledgeable, responsive and easy to work with" (2017)
• IFLR1000 “Highly Regarded Lawyer” for Capital Markets: Derivatives (2018). This category rewards lawyers who are highly regarded by their peers and possess a strong transactional record and positive client feedback
• According to Chambers Global, Geoffrey Goldman is “highly respected in the industry for his insight into and experience with derivatives and structured products transactions" (2017)
• Highly ranked by Chambers USA in category of derivatives (2017)
• Geoffrey Goldman, together with Azam Aziz and Donna Parisi, authored a chapter on Dodd Frank in the book “Derivatives Markets: The New Regulatory Paradigm” (2016)