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JARED R. GIANATASIO
PARTNER
Jared Gianatasio has extensive experience advising clients on sophisticated over-the-counter and exchange traded derivatives transactions and regulation, counterparty trading and brokerage relationships, and investment fund regulatory matters under the U.S. commodities and securities laws. He also frequently counsels commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors on the registration and on-going operation of such entities under CFTC and NFA rules. In addition, Jared provides clients with advice on a number of risk management, regulatory and other operational issues relating to their business.
Practices
About
Jared assists clients on drafting and negotiating derivative and repurchase agreements, master trading agreements/confirmations and other account and brokerage documentation for a wide variety of derivative and other financial products, including documentation published by ISDA, SIFMA and the LSTA. These include fixed income and credit derivatives, total return swaps, equity derivatives, prime brokerage/margin lending, and other cash and synthetic trading documentation.
Education
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 2006)
Roger Williams University, Bristol (B.A., cum laude, 2003)
Bar Admissions
2007, New York
Speaking Engagements
Evolution of Hedge Fund Investing for U.S. Tax-Exempt Investors
Co-Speaker, Kleinberg Kaplan & Additive Advisory PBC Special Webinar, May 2022
U.S. Securities Laws for Financial Intermediaries Outside the United States
Guest Lecturer, Zurich Business School, Switzerland, December 2021
LIBOR Transition: What To Know and How To Prepare
Co-Speaker, Kleinberg Kaplan & Demarest Special Webinar, March 2021
COVID-19: Counterparty Trading and Risk Issues for Fund Managers
Co-Speaker, Kleinberg Kaplan & Women in Funds Special Webinar, May 2020
Publications
Advantages for U.S. Tax-Exempt Investors via Onshoring Investment in Hedge Funds and Use of Swap Transactions
Bloomberg BNA Tax Management Memorandum, February 2022
Insights
Insider Trading and NFTs
June 8, 2022Client AlertsA Split in the Track: Transition from LIBOR – SOFR as Accepted New Benchmark Rate vs. Other Alternative Benchmark Rates
December 6, 2021As discussed in our October 26, 2021 client alert, the ICE Benchmark Administration will cease to publish the USD LIBOR benchmarks on June 30, 2023,1 and the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (the “ARRC”) announced its recommendation that the forward-looking Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) term rates published by the CME Group should be utilized as…
All Aboard! The Train Is Speeding Along: Transition from LIBOR – What Market Participants Need to Know About CME Term SOFR Licenses
October 26, 2021Client AlertsAs discussed in our January 29, 2021 client alert, the ICE Benchmark Administration will cease to publish the most widely used tenors of the USD LIBOR benchmarks on June 30, 2023.1 Additionally, financial institutions have been advised not to utilize the most widely used tenors of the USD LIBOR benchmarks for any financial products that…