Marc A. Horwitz

Representative Legal Matters

• Regularly advises major US, non-US and multinational corporations, banks, insurance companies and municipalities on the documentation, settlement and close-out of swap and other over-the-counter derivative transactions (including currency, interest rate, equity, commodity, carbon emissions and credit derivative transactions) pursuant to the ISDA Master Agreement and related documentation.
• Regularly advises major US, non-US and multinational corporations, financial institutions, insurance companies and municipalities on documentation of domestic and global repurchase agreements, custody arrangements, collateral management arrangements, securities lending arrangements, cleared derivatives arrangements, and futures, options and other securities account agreements.
• Regularly advises financial institutions, corporations, hedge funds, insurance companies and municipalities on regulatory and compliance issues arising under the derivatives provisions of the Dodd Frank Act.
• Regularly advises major US, non-US and multinational corporations, financial institutions, insurance companies and municipalities on all aspects of the transition from inter-bank offered rates such as LIBOR to risk-free reference rates such as SOFR.
• Advises major banks and corporations on supply chain finance, factoring and receivables finance transactions.

• Author, "Overview: US Resolution Stay Rules and the ISDA® 2018 US Resolution Stay Protocol," Thomson Reuters, October 12, 2018
• Co-author, "ISDA 2016 Variation Margin Protocol:  Margin Rules Compliance Guide-United States," The Journal on the Law of Investment & Risk Management Products, Vol. 36, Issue 11, Dec 2016
• Co-author, "Life on the margin: US margin rules finalized at last," Journal of Investment Compliance, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2016
• Co-author, "The Waiting Is the Hardest Part: The CFTC Issues Final Rule Defining Swap Dealer and Major Swap Participant," Practical International Corporate Finance Strategies, April 30, 2012